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    Can you take precautions if you're expecting expectation bias?

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    Quote Originally Posted by narabdela View Post
    There is. It's called expectation bias.
    I think in some cases, yes. Or failure to do the comparison with as few variables as possible, as in the example I gave above. But I don't think these explanations apply in all cases in which people have heard marked improvements.

    Anyway op did not ask for a discussion just personal experience so I'll leave it there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    Can you take precautions if you're expecting expectation bias?
    Yes you can expect expectation bias!
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    I've never heard a difference which is weird because I've had numerous IC's over the years where a difference can be heard, how do you work that out?

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    Quote Originally Posted by REXTON View Post
    I've never heard a difference which is weird because I've had numerous IC's over the years where a difference can be heard, how do you work that out?
    Interconnects handle signals. Mains cables don't.

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    How's the mains 50hz not a signal?
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    It's a cycle. No audio information there.

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    Do they still teach Physics in schools?

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    Quote Originally Posted by walpurgis View Post
    It's a cycle. No audio information there.
    Known as hum if it’s made audible. :P
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    Quote Originally Posted by narabdela View Post
    Do they still teach Physics in schools?
    I think for any ignorance displayed here, the schools of today are blameless - many of the schools from the 1960s, 70s or (at a push) 80s this mob went to have been demolished!

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