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- From: lstowell@pyrnova.mis.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Preamp and Amp
- Message-ID: <185130@pyramid.pyramid.com>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 01:53:28 GMT
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- Reply-To: lstowell@pyrnova.pyramid.com.pyramid.com (Lon Stowell)
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- Organization: Pyramid Technology Corporation
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- In article <shetline-250193184001@128.89.19.90> shetline@bbn.com (Kerry Shetline) writes:
- >
- >If measurement is ruled out, and A/B testing is ruled out, what do we go
- >by? Our ears, of course. But that isn't reliable all the time.
- >
-
- And unfortunately most self-nominated golden ears always
- presume that THEIR listening preferences are the end-all and
- be-all of audio.
-
- This opens up quality judgements to the scalawags, scoundrels,
- and snake oil salesmen.
-
- They then pontificate at length with fallacious technical
- statements. Once those get crucified, they resort to personal
- attacks or such self-serving statements as "Well, MY ears say
- XXX is better. If you don't agree, your ears, equipment, or
- YYY must obviously be inferior."
-
- If any of these tactics sound like TV evangelists, its no
- wonder, the ability of the human mind to fool itself and
- attempt to spread the ignorance is amazing.
-
-
-
- >Hearing things that aren't there is normal. Thinking it doesn't happen to
- >you is delusional.
- >
-
- Definitely. I have yet to meet, or read papers from ANY
- self-proclaimed "Golden Ear" that were not filled with
- paranoia and delusions of adequacy.
- The instant you proclaim yourself a "Golden Ear" you've stuck
- your ego in the way of your ears and your brain...
-
-
- >Anyway, we don't have the opportunity to hear everything. So do we let
- >unaccountable and self-proclaimed audio gods who write reviews to do it for
- >us?
- >
- Meanwhile the REAL audio gods just quietly snicker at the folly.
- Never knew one of them who really thought they had any kind of
- special hearing talent.
-
- And have never met any self-proclaimed golden ear who couldn't
- be fooled easily by simple signal processing they really should
- have been aware of.
-
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-