On 15 Jun 2004 09:57:47 GMT, ohawker (Andy
Evans) wrote:

you weren't talking perceptions of difference - you were
talking about differences. So you conducted properly proctored double
blind tests of the supposed "differences" before making your claims.

clearly if a resistor is 100 ohms that's what it IS. however, it is possible
that resistors sound different (PLEASE don't refer to me here, refer to
hundreds of posts on audio newsroups by other people including designers and
amp builders). So in the case that they SOUND different, then they do so
through our aural perception, so isn't it axiomatic that this includes the
dimension of perception? Please don't suggest that everyone double blind tests
every single componant they use - yes, we'd all like that luxury but nobody can
do so in practice except industry professionals whose time is already paid for,
and even then it's the exception not the rule.




=== Andy Evans ===
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Oh Andy! I really thought that maybe you were a worthy opponent. I
even thought that maybe you understood something of your primary skill
- psychology. This reply makes it clear that you are as clueless in
that discipline as you are in engineering. You have no idea of how
sighted bias operates, and you compound it by suggesting that a demand
for a double blind test for something you perceive as different has
some sort of logical extension to double blind testing things you
don't. Do you really not see the ridiculousness of this premise?

So you have come to this group with absolutely nothing other than some
spurious, random, baseless claims. Did someone tell you that
audiophiles were all gullible dupes who could be conned out of a few
quid this way? Sorry, we simply aren't that dim (as unfortunately you
have now proven yourself to be beyond all doubt).

A few posts ago I offered a deal whereby I wouldn't lecture you on
psychology. Sorry. I was mistaken. You need lecturing in that subject
possible more than you do in engineering.

d
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