Was it your's ?
Keith.
Keith.
Another explanation for why the tiny Synergistic "sticky tabs" changed the sound is fraud.
That was the first explanation that came to mind for me, knowing none of the history you mention.
I am beginning to conclude that all of this audiophoolry, where so much money is at stake, isn't entirely innocent. If I were a fraudster, I would consider this a perfect demographic: rich, superstitious old men with failing hearing who want to believe, and who are willing to go to the mat defending the veracity of the huckster's claims.
Unfortunately he makes some serious technical errors in his argument:
Oh yeah here you go:Is there a link to the stereophile forum thread that you can find?
Man, took me half hour just to get to page 2 .Oh yeah here you go:
http://www.stereophile.com/content/proof-performance-synergistic-art-1
Ted Denney's bullshit data is even still online, linked in the 8th post down. But it seems he since changed the graph from waterfalls to ETC (no idea why).
--Ethan
Man, took me half hour just to get to page 2 .
that is embarrassing, i have a cringe worthy tale but its not placebo related. a dealer installing a preamp at a customer house cant get any sound out of the unit, phones the distributor in a foul mood and demands the guy drive 100 miles to fix it. distributor gets there takes one look and sees the red mute button on the preamp is lit though he is tactful and takes it apart and pretends to fix it so the dealer does not lose face..
welcome to the U.K hifi dealer network
I am sure we have all heard many stories. One of the best is about a system setup at a show years ago. People come into the room and the turntable is spinning an LP. They sit down, listen and comment on the beauty, the "musicality", the "liquidity", the PRaT or whatever of the glorious vinyl sound, always better than digital. But, then jaws drop as the demonstrator stops the turntable and removes the record. But, the music is still playing! Turns out it was digital playback all along.
I am sure we have all heard many stories. One of the best is about a system setup at a show years ago. People come into the room and the turntable is spinning an LP. They sit down, listen and comment on the beauty, the "musicality", the "liquidity", the PRaT or whatever of the glorious vinyl sound, always better than digital. But, then jaws drop as the demonstrator stops the turntable and removes the record. But, the music is still playing! Turns out it was digital playback all along.
I am sure we have all heard many stories. One of the best is about a system setup at a show years ago. People come into the room and the turntable is spinning an LP. They sit down, listen and comment on the beauty, the "musicality", the "liquidity", the PRaT or whatever of the glorious vinyl sound, always better than digital. But, then jaws drop as the demonstrator stops the turntable and removes the record. But, the music is still playing! Turns out it was digital playback all along.
Yes, exactly. So the sound didn't improve because you bought a new [whatever]. Your perception changed is all.the second time you play the music, you will hear new details.
The whole area is really tricky, even if there is a difference it may not be an improvement.
Now I want to hear huge undeniable improvements to the sound, if I can't detect it unsighted or only think there may be the slightest difference then why bother?
Keith.