No chance, we lurves ya, Alex!:D
Marco [a big fan of your 'thought provoking, slightly controversial epistles'].
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I quite like 'Seven Seas Of Rye'. But I'd cheerfully go back in time and strangle them all as children to prevent 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' Then bet on some sports fixtures and make millions like Biff out of 'Back To The Future - Part 2'. Could go and see Hendrix at the Isle Of Wight too. I'd just have to avoid meeting my future self. And getting caught for the child murders, obviously.
Hmmmmm......
1) You can minimise these effects by not carrying out ABX tests with 12 sec samples but by listening for much longer time periods and getting the real measure of the item and then trying the other component. Doing blind tests is an awful way to test components and I have not seen any statistically significant data that shows SS amp sound different. But they are.
3) Yes there is. When Bruno Putzeys developed Class D he heard some observations about SS amps (feedback) and went off and devised his own tests. If he thought it was a placebo then there would be no new test.
4) True but some equipment can strip music of its micro detail and make it a dissected thing to be admired as opposed to music to be enjoyed.
6) Depends what you mean by good reasons. There are reasons. How much does your computer cost in components? There is normally a 5:1 ratio between a sales price and component costs for a lot of audio although pretty boxes are expensive. Newer direct sales methods try to remove one of the cost elements, of course you increase the risk of ownership that way. Making it yourself? What an 845 valve amp with 1,200V??
9) Agreed but as an owner of the 24-bit version of the Thin Lizzy you could end up with a system that has no treble to make that listenable. :)
10) Truish. Someone told me Belden mains cables at £40 (decent connectors) was better than most copper mains cables. Ha....it was.
I remember back in the eighties a reviewer called Jimmy Hughes talking about the sonic benefits of putting wooden chopping boards in random places on your listening room floor, and placing feet under three of the four legs of tables and chairs.
It was around this time I moved away from hifi and spent my money on holidays instead.