Good Gosh SIY, that almost sounds sexual!Are you familiar with the old Aphex Aural Exciter?
Good Gosh SIY, that almost sounds sexual!Are you familiar with the old Aphex Aural Exciter?
The challenge has been offered before and there is no way any subjectivist will be part of a blind test. They know they will fail so they don't participate in a test. That way they can throw rocks at the flat earther objectivists. Been the same going on 60 years now. With the new measurements system (Klippel) the testing might start to win some people over, but in the end, the objectivists are outnumbered by at least 1000 to 1 in the USA. So, don't expect much. There are reasons for this, but it is not appropriate for this forum.Policy. Right or wrong. That ... sometimes you do not have to think about it.Some things are right or wrong ... it's that simple.
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Back to the rather trivial world of HiFi in this context. Challenge Danny on a blind test. A seriously blind test performed with speaker cables, cable lifter or whatever it is he advocates has a big difference in the sound.
And it's a plug-in.Good Gosh SIY, that almost sounds sexual!
I'm shocked... shocked to learn that Mr. Richie is just trying to "make a buck" at a cost to gullible audiophools.Legend has it that Danny spent 12 years at the Golden Ears Park, enriching his senses by drinking only pure spring water. Hence the name: Richie.
The sad thing really is that instead of just trying to be better, he is participating in the same us v. them mentality that plagues the US political landscape today and is staking his flag on an imaginary hill of make-believe.
Seriously, the first thing that flashed into my mind was the jail scene in "Top Secret".Good Gosh SIY, that almost sounds sexual!
Plug in play, the best play available.And it's a plug-in.
Offer them $ ,optional , ....thousand, million against .. against $2. .... in a test.$2 you can buy some candy for that money.The challenge has been offered before and there is no way any subjectivist will be part of a blind test. They know they will fail so they don't participate in a test. That way they can throw rocks at the flat earther objectivists. Been the same going on 60 years now. With the new measurements system (Klippel) the testing might start to win some people over, but in the end, the objectivists are outnumbered by at least 1000 to 1 in the USA. So, don't expect much. There are reasons for this, but it is not appropriate for this forum.
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All we can assume, is that your comparison "Could possibly" hold some water, but it is just as likely that bias, expectation, and a few other perception type things simply made you "think" you were hearing improvements, based on knowing you just made an expensive change, and was hoping to hear a difference.I myself know upgraded crossover parts make a difference. Some friends and family heard it too. Did one speaker at a time, one part at a time. oh no, blasphemy, we used our ears ; ) Not trying to convince you, that sounds impossible, but i know myself from experience.
I used Claritycap CSA, Miflex KPCU bypass caps, Mills resistors, Solen litz air core inductors
I was surprised to hear improvements with the bypass caps too.
Here it comes, placebo… Playing tricks on my mind, blah blah blah
And eyes and brain, and ego and post purchase rationalization and the feeling of just "fixing" something and having that rush of a job well done.....And eyes. This isn't difficult.
Uh huh.
There's always the situation of just listening very intently for differences after making component changes and hearing more detail, etc. It's not that the changes really made the DUT more revealing, but that the listener is hearing things now that he wasn't focusing so hard on before. It's next to impossible not to be hearing deeper into any recording under these circumstances, that's why it's so important to do blind A-B tests.You said you heard "Differences" and "Improvements". Could you elaborate WHAT was actually different or improved?
I've actually been caught out "listening to X speaker" and then discovered my speaker selector was on Y speaker. Vastly different speakers too.There's always the situation of just listening very intently for differences after making component changes and hearing more detail, etc. It's not that the changes really made the DUT more revealing, but that the listener is hearing things now that he wasn't focusing so hard on before. It's next to impossible not to be hearing deeper into any recording under these circumstances, that's why it's so important to do blind A-B tests.
It's supposed to make the sound better. In crossover applications it is wasted money and hardware. If electrolytic capacitors are replaced with a polyester or mylar wound type then the longevity might be better dependent on the selection of the parts.Forgetting about Danny's tweaks to the design of the crossover, my question is if each of those items are replaced with a higher quality (more expensive) item of the same value, is it supposed to make the sound better (different) or just make the system last longer?
Check out this thread and the links to the full mini-series in post #1.So, I am relatively new to the sport of hifi. I found myself getting sucked into a lot of the Danny videos and have been indoctrinated that every sandcast resistor, electrolytic cap and iron core inductor need to be banished from proper hi-fi society.
Forgetting about Danny's tweaks to the design of the crossover, my question is if each of those items are replaced with a higher quality (more expensive) item of the same value, is it supposed to make the sound better (different) or just make the system last longer?
Damn! that's one hell of a read. Thank you. Answered all my questions (even if I just skipped to the conclusions in Bold)Check out this thread and the links to the full mini-series in post #1.
Capacitor upgrade in crossover - You CAN'T handle the TRUTH! - Part 3
So, after the topic capacitor upgrade has already been discussed by me in two parts, there is no reason to talk about it anymore - or is there? The full mini series: Capacitor upgrade in crossover - Is it audible? Capacitor upgrade - part two Capacitor upgrade - part three...www.audiosciencereview.com
That's often enough around here unless you have an EE degree.Damn! that's one hell of a read. Thank you. Answered all my questions (even if I just skipped to the conclusions in Bold)