If the amplifier has a low output impedance and enough power it won't be a problem. Heard and used many amplifiers with some very difficult speakers. You are on again about your hearing is not good enough, your gear is not good enough, you lack experience etc. As SIY said you aren't the first person telling us this story or even the one thousandth.
If you think so, demonstrate it. Do a level-matched comparison, ears-only, basic controls, and show that you can distinguish them.
I dont mind to test it. Why not. I can participate in some or will make some blind testing in local shop. If I would not be able to distinquish two random amps for example of different quality level, okay. I will admit I was wrong and that you cant trust your ears at all in that kind of "work".
Sure. Set it up with a local shop but you need to match the amplifier output levels very closely. The store needs to have a AB switchbox for speaker level power.
Likelihood of an actual controlled test at a shop- zero.
100% of the time, shops will "coach." I mean, this is their livelihood. Last time I was at a shop that did a comparison, in this case their "proof" that FLAC and WAV "sounded different," the guy actually said stuff like, "Listen to how much smoother this is!" When I asked if they were willing to do a double blind test, he looked honestly surprised and said, "That WAS a double blind test!" Idiot or crook, who knows.
You can try these if you like. Drop them in Foobar ABX or the ABX function inside Deltawave. Or just listen to them casually and find out if they sound different to you.
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Okay, good video. But what about cases when visual information doesnt matter for you in particular case? If your are not biased or biases in "opposite way", but still get results that should not be affected by our inner thoughts or not intersecting with our ".real interest/intention".
I would do it other way. So take your friend for example to watch that all fair, sit on chair, back in front of the manager, ask him to bring 2 different level amplifiers of same brand if possible and some headphones. Ask to plug in first one, after some time of listening music 1min max, second. So after that, you can say which was in n1 and n2 by just knowing device level/price after you have heard them.
This is part of what we are trying to get across to you. You have very limited control over things that bias you. You might think additional exposure, or particular experience or knowing how your hearing can be influenced would provide protection against it. It does not. You'll still be likely to connect up two different amps, and hear some differences. Even I do. Yet if the level is matched and I don't know which of the two is playing the "obvious differences" I heard just disappear. That is because they weren't in the signal of the amps to begin with.
I've seen university grads hired for a sales position and they need training about RCA cables. Some eventually learn the ropes but many drop out from starvation and confusion. The fastest escalation from newbie sales person to top 10 sales in a company of ~700 sales employees reliably month after month was a young guy that worked as a carnival worker for years. He was used to the public, used to talking to people and he was hungry. So one never knows what they are getting sometimes.
There's no excuse for not using basic controls. None. You either trust your ears or you don't and need to have lots of non-auditory cues to guess properly.
Okay, I got it. What about engenieers that correct and shape "sound chatacter" of an amp for example? Or this job doesn't exist and all characteristics are purely based on numbers you achieve to match painted target SINAD? If for Example Harman based SINAD where crated from a lot of subjective hearing tests that evolved in one objective result that will be more or less correct for everyone who was participating.
This sort of condescension is a credibility-killer. I don’t believe much after I hear it. Belongs in the Golden Ear category here:
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If your amp has audibly significant amounts of distortion or frequency response deviation, maybe they could.
This is a misunderstanding of how biases work.
Why color the amplifier output when a person is going to use parametric equalization anyway? When one has a colored amp it may not match with certain speakers and in some situations it may be horrible.
