Blind comparisons of speakers, amps, and DACs...

[TheOctopus]

In one of the videos above, being presented with the same exact digital file of certain resolution three times in a row but the professional engineers being told to expect a change, resulted in three different results with excellent, detailed and descriptive in audiophile terms, differences. SAME FILE!

That's what the neuro-science videos confirmed. FALSE memories, no bit for bit perfect copies exist in our heard anywhere. Memories are overlays of something we experienced before, not an exact match but good enough to recognize them as an event that took place (recently at least or of significant importance if a long time ago).

Diana Krall sings, you know it. Diana Krall calls on the phone and you will recognize her? Is the quality of the phone to blame or our actual lack of memory for such detailed information? Can you recall the voice of anyone from last week with clarity such that you'd be able to pick it out from a dozen others? NOPE....

How much computing power would be needed for us to remember a musical song/piece with bit for bit accuracy and everything else stored in our heads from the time you are born? Memories fade and how would you even know they are gone or if that ever happened? What happens with age or cognitive deficits? (Well, never mind that because someone will draw politics out of this somehow... )

 

[TheGemState]

Cables still sell because of forums. I would love to see your skills put to the test and I say that without trying to offend anyone. The very notion that there is a change will make our minds want to hear a change. Sure, we can all hear a difference when presented with a change... at least that's what our minds expect. Try to pick a cable out of a few others consistently. That's what I and my friends have attempted over decades. Wasn't happening. Alas, picking out the right cable, file resolution, violin... remains an elusive task at best.

Now you want to test me. Wow. So either you are calling me a liar or you want to setup "your" test to confirm your assumptions. You have a history of arguing topics on forums that eventually get shut down. I will not debate with you because my experience is real regardless of what you think and you can not argue what I have tested.

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[TheOctopus]

Now you want to test me. Wow. So either you are calling me a liar or you want to setup "your" test to confirm your assumptions. You have a history of arguing topics on forums that eventually get shut down. I will not debate with you because my experience is real regardless of what you think and you can not argue what I have tested.

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No, I don't want to test you and I told you that I meant no offense. I had a dozen audiophile friends that we tested each other constantly. Myself included. There is no more testing interest as I have had enough of that... One guy kept swearing he hears different pressure in the bicycle tire tubes he used to put under his components and describing exactly what he heard. Isolation was all the rage then, as were the debates about materials racks were made of. Stone vs wood, vs metal, vs various isolation and vibration control tweaks.

Of course we played a practical joke to prove him wrong and deflated them. He went on to use many adjectives he picked up on in the magazines to describe what 14 lbs of pressure sounds like as compared to 10 lbs of pressure under his CAT SL1 preamp he was very proud of...

Thanks but I'll pass. Don't be offended but I've seen and heard it all before.