On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 23:40:59 GMT, Bromo wrote:

On 4/25/04 7:20 PM, in article jJXic.34947$aQ6.1879434@attbi_s51, "Stewart
Pinkerton" wrote:

On 25 Apr 2004 14:15:44 GMT, Bromo wrote:

The time and effort might be spent a bit more productively - perhaps trying
to research and measure all sources of sonic imperfections not already known
- pushing the forefront of hearing sciences, and so on.

Actually, since we can already prove that dozens of amplifiers sound
exactly the same below the clipping point, the time and effort would
most definitely be better spent in selecting better speakers, and
placing them in the best position in a well-sorted room.

I agree that is a good use of an end user's time and money - but still - if
people claim to hear a difference, it might be good to do the due diligence
as a scientific sort to see if there is anything to these claims. Some have
been made in the past that haven't helped, but some has been made that did.

That is the exact purpose of the various amp and cable challenges.

Of course, this would destroy 90% of 'high end' mythology - but
perhaps the world would be a better place for that............

Mythology is bad - but I would be careful to discard the grain of truth with
it. Even if the golden eared claimants were incorrect for the reasons
*they* said - there might be something there important for sound
reproduction that they didn't realize.

Interesting that, despite your apparent (and quite reasonable)
standpoint that adequate power is all that matters, you are *still*
buying into the notion that there may be some 'magical' ingredient
that we just don't know about. The real truth is, that P.T. Barnum is
alive and well................
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering