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"Fella" <nosp@m.here> wrote in message
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> Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

>>> DBT tests for audio are actually designed to
>>> provide a biased result of there being no difference.
>>
>>
>> Bullshit. They're used every day by mainstream
manufacturers
>> to determine whether design changes had any *real*
audible
>> effect.

> Since everything sounds the same all the time why should
any
> "design changes" have a "*real*" audible effect?

Obviously, everything doesn't sound the same all the time,
or else people would never check for them.

> Since amps and
> CD players are at the zenith of perfection, since they
can't
> be bettered in any way (so say your tests) why would any
> "mainstream manufacturers" bother to make any "design
changes"?

Guess what Fella, audio equipment has other attributes than
sound quality. Examples are size, cost, weight, appearance,
reliability, ease-of-use, and so on.

> DBT's do not work, been there done that. Simple fact.

I don't recall reading any detailed descriptions of your own
personal DBTs, Fella.

> This *is* about envy with you low-income nerd types, isn't
it?

Actually, being a nerd is a pretty good way to have a high
income.

> You imagine your yamaha metallic sound $120 receiver as
> sounding the same as some $5000 BAT integrated amp, yes?

Interesting possibility, no?

BTW Fella, there don't appear to be any such things as $120
Yamaha receivers being sold as new equipment. Does this mean
that the rest of your post is equally invalid?

> That's how you are able to consume that edgy, glaringly
> digital, transistor sound you get from your piece of shit
gear.

I think you really need to check your facts, Fella. The
$5995 BAT VK 300x integrated amplifier you mentioned has a
lot of solid state and not a lot of tubes in it.  Check  out
the article below from their web site  - note the solid
state power amp heat sinks on each side, the absence of
*any* visible glass bottles, and the admission that the only
tube that this BAT integrated amp might have is an
extra-cost option?

http://www.balanced.com/products/amp/Vk-300x/