In Reply to: Do you find the objective data fully characterizes all aspects of audio performance? (nt) posted by E-Stat on August 28, 2006 at 13:56:36:
Listeners prove they can hear a difference using an objective blind methodology.Only then does a subjective review of a component's sound quality makes sense.
There's no need to know the brand name to describe what is heard.
I may not hear the same things, or agree with the opinion (all ears and audio preferences are different) but everyone is entitled to an opinion if they REALLY hear a difference between two components.
Pure subjectivity = component brand names are hidden and all components being compared are playing music at the same volumes -- how could ANYONE object to that?
The ultimate opinions are subjective AFTER blind tests designed to significantly reduce opinions from people who only imagine differences ... and/or hear audible differences only due to small (meaningless) SPL or channel balance differences).
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Richard BassNut Greene
My Stereo is MUCH BETTER than Your Stereo
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Follow Ups
- Objective methodology used only for listeners to prove they can hear a difference -- then subjective opinions rule - Richard BassNut Greene 07:47:11 08/29/06 (44)
- Thanks - E-Stat 10:05:46 08/29/06 (43)
- "over a period of days, not seconds" - Tre' 13:57:44 08/30/06 (1)
- DBTs and SBTs usually last an hour or two ... but can last for days and weeks if you prefer - Richard BassNut Greene 08:54:18 08/31/06 (0)
- SPL matching - unclestu52 11:39:43 08/29/06 (40)
- No, that' s MY equipment - Soundmind 13:11:26 08/29/06 (1)
- My apologies, (NT) - unclestu52 13:39:41 08/29/06 (0)
- I think you are confusing RBNG with SM - E-Stat 12:40:26 08/29/06 (0)
- That Explains It! - thetubeguy1954 12:24:30 08/29/06 (36)
- Re: That Explains It! - john curl 15:07:11 08/29/06 (33)
- Along about that same time a certain audio authority declared that a particular Audio Technica cartridge... - clarkjohnsen 07:42:50 08/30/06 (0)
- Re: That Explains It! - Soundmind 07:08:30 08/30/06 (31)
- What It REALLY Explains! - thetubeguy1954 07:52:18 08/30/06 (30)
- Re: What It REALLY Explains! - Soundmind 08:12:51 08/30/06 (29)
- Re: What It REALLY Explains! - thetubeguy1954 10:39:39 08/30/06 (28)
- SM is the guy on top - E-Stat 11:19:49 08/30/06 (26)
- Then E-Stat you must be the monkey in the middle - Soundmind 11:34:33 08/30/06 (25)
- You're right! - E-Stat 12:23:23 08/30/06 (3)
- Re: You're right! - Soundmind 12:50:02 08/30/06 (2)
- Ironically, it sounds like - E-Stat 13:37:13 08/30/06 (1)
- Re: Ironically, it sounds like - Soundmind 14:10:32 08/30/06 (0)
- Re: Then E-Stat you must be the monkey in the middle - thetubeguy1954 12:09:30 08/30/06 (20)
- tubeguy, you can insult me all you like but it doesn't change the facts, the truth you refuese to believe - Soundmind 13:09:25 08/30/06 (19)
- Re: Wrong, Flat wrong. - theaudiohobby 23:41:09 09/01/06 (0)
- Soundmind It's YOU Who Refuses To Believe The Facts & The Truth -- NOT Me! - thetubeguy1954 08:11:01 08/31/06 (9)
- And a very angry old man as well. nt - clarkjohnsen 08:02:40 09/01/06 (0)
- Bear in mind that your antagonist is a proven liar. nt - clarkjohnsen 12:54:07 08/31/06 (1)
- You'll need two of these for stereo Clark - Soundmind 14:39:33 08/31/06 (0)
- tubeguy, you don't know what you are saying - Soundmind 09:52:54 08/31/06 (5)
- Soundmind YOU don't know what YOU'RE saying.... - thetubeguy1954 12:54:20 09/01/06 (1)
- Translation - E-Stat 19:18:47 09/05/06 (0)
- Re: tubeguy, you don't know what you are saying - john curl 22:44:23 08/31/06 (2)
- At least Click and Clack, aka the Maggliozzi brothers - E-Stat 11:20:27 09/01/06 (0)
- I'll put my sound system up against yours any day - Soundmind 03:39:05 09/01/06 (0)
- Yet... - E-Stat 13:57:11 08/30/06 (6)
- Re: Yet... - john curl 23:34:52 08/31/06 (5)
- And yet ..... - clifff 01:46:32 09/01/06 (4)
- Expectations go both ways... - E-Stat 08:23:20 09/01/06 (1)
- Re: Expectations go both ways... - john curl 08:42:19 09/01/06 (0)
- Re: And yet ..... - john curl 07:12:53 09/01/06 (1)
- I wasn't asking YOU anything. - clifff 07:43:51 09/01/06 (0)
- And here's the rub - kerr 13:41:50 08/30/06 (0)
- Re: What It REALLY Explains! - Soundmind 10:52:37 08/30/06 (1)
- I find myself far more in agreement with RBNG - E-Stat 15:05:30 08/29/06 (1)
- Re: I find myself far more in agreement with RBNG - john curl 15:13:38 08/29/06 (0)