pabelson
Responses from pabelson
| Reviews with all double blind testing? This is because of the nature of auditory perception and its dependence on memory accrued over time (days or weeks, and not hours).This is just 180 degrees opposite of the truth. Auditory memory for subtle differences dissipates in a matter of sec... | |
| What's the deal with the Machina Dynamica Clock? Could you explain how this product works and what is to be expected?If he told you, would you believe him?? | |
| Extremely budget minded system for under $500.00 ? Buying a minisystem and discarding the speakers defeats the purpose of a minisystem. You can buy better electronics for less. | |
| What's the deal with the Machina Dynamica Clock? The scientific journals may not beat a path to your door, Rcprince, but I'd say this was a reasonable stab at trying to learn something. By my count, your subjects got 45 correct (16+5+19+5) and 43 incorrect (6+17+3+17). That's pretty much 50-50, ... | |
| Extremely budget minded system for under $500.00 ? Hmmm, anybody want to ponder the logic of hooking up a $50 DVD player with a $40 cable? | |
| Mom wants a shelf system or laptop speakers.. ONKYO CS-210 Executive Series Stereo Mini System | |
| Extremely budget minded system for under $500.00 ? Amplification: I'd start with something like the Pioneer VSX515-K receiver. It's 110w/ch in stereo, and could serve in a starter HT set-up as he upgrades. Street price $170.Source: Pick it. Any name-brand DVD player. The differences are trivial. S... | |
| Leasing options for hi-end AV gears? Leases are really financing arrangements, and audio dealers are not banks. You need a whole separate infrastructure to do leasing, and the high-end market isn't large enough to support that infrastructure. (Car companies do it because they really ... | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? Henry: Yes, of course, listening tests are only relevant for the specific gear you're listening to. But a review is about specific equipment. Think of it this way: A reviewer has a reference system. He gets a new amp for review. Can he tell whethe... | |
| a great take on big$ cables Um...because filters in cables can only distort the signal? | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? So readers should be kept in the dark about the listening abilities of the reviewer? Whose interest does that serve? | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? Gregadd: There are lots of different DBTs. Some measure preferences, some measure *how* different two things are, etc. I'd say a reviewer should be allowed to use whichever method he likes (or invent his own, as long as it's level-matched and blin... | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? Therefore, participants should be able to demonstrate their critical listening skills.Once again, the scientists are ahead of you. Standards for appropriate listener training exist. And they weren't devised based on the misapplication of principle... | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? TBG: So who called you a fool? Who called you "anti-science"? Citations, please. | |
| Reviews with all double blind testing? But if these "after effects" mattered, John, then we'd see listening test results showing that putting gaps between samples improved subjects' sensitivity to differences. I don't know of any such test results. Do you? |