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Article #381Re: Any Sony CD Guru out there?
From: Howard Ferstler
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:57
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:57
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Clyde Slick wrote: > > "Howard Ferstler" <ferstle@attglobal.net> wrote in message > news:42D47BFB.8C63757F@attglobal.net... > > Clyde Slick wrote: > >> Damn it, there are those pesky expectation effects again. > > You are just trying to rationalize the fact that you simply > > must have something exotic and esoteric to believe in. (That > > this involves audio gear and not some kind of religious > > deity and a need for salvation shows a monumental smallness > > of mind.) That you place expectation effects higher up on > > the scale than simply not hearing differences during a DBT > > says more about you as a true believer than it does about > > any kind of audio gear. > Take a good look at the test methodology, it only accounts > for eliminating one side of the expectation effects, the expectation > that there will be differences. It does not address eliminating expectation > effects, based upon an expectation that they will sound the same. Thus, > this so-called "unbiased" test is actually quite biased towards > producing your "expected" results. > the units This is baloney. You either hear differences or you do not. Howard Ferstler
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