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RE: Once a pseudo skeptic...-

"It always comes down to your arguments, it must be psychological, it disobeys science, it can't be detected in a blind test. "

Your ability to dance around the fact that what one hears is partly what you know and see is remarkable, have you ever thought about why medical hearing tests never include a little red light to tell you when the tone is present or why the person running the test can't give you clues? This only tests your ability to detect the sound yes or no, not what you know or think or see. The ONLY way to determine exactly what you hear is when you remove all the "non-auditory" information.


While you may think of blind testing akin to a gruesome non-reversible medical procedure, it simple means what you see and know tells you nothing about which of two cases you are hearing.


The fact that when you spend money on an aftermarket trinket, that this in it self is a powerful motivator to hear an improvement IS psychological , have you ever wondered why often what was a dramatic improvement with a new cable, diminishes to slight or undetectable when tested blind?

That last part is where i became interested, i have built loudspeakers my whole life (well i made the first cabinet in 7th grade) and have a company with my name on it now. While the easiest place to grow with a new technology was was in commercial sound where large scale sound is the most difficult, my interest has been hifi since i heard sound coming from a heathkit speaker at my grampa's.


I pressed you for details because the psychology is powerful, if you spent a lot of time or money on building new speakers, you are incredibly inclined to hear the good in it.....and ignore the bad, maybe even shape your choice of music around what sounded good.


All that is fine if they are your speakers but when you have to design speakers for other peoples choice of music and situations, one has to focus on the things that are universal and audible as an improvement in a blind test or side by side with other choices.

You said "Science used embrace curiosity and investigation", someone on line made a Wiki entry for me which is reasonably accurate, does what you said describe what i do as an inventor?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Danley

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