Re: Time for some humble pie...

Sander deWaal <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Steven Sullivan <ssully@xxxxxxxxx> said:


Your 'experience' is nothing unusual. You changed something; you
'heard' a difference; you concluded the difference was real and was due
to the change you made. It's typical lousy logic that ignored other
possible conclusions, and it's worthless as proof, given the way you 'tested'
the tweak.


This is exactly the same as someone telling here that amplifier X is
sounding so much better than amplifier Y.

Except that there are credible reasons why one amp could really sound different
from another, founded in normal physics and engineering.

For him, that is true.
No need to prove anything, as it is his perception.

Which may have only a glancing relations to reality. That's magical
thinking for you.


It would be exactly the same were I to perform the tweak as you
did, and report the same results.

Yep, and the only thing I'd say to you would be "Congrats! Enjoy your
newfound consciousness and audio system!"

Thanks, now, quick, hand me some more of that Kool Aid!


Has your standard of proof always been *this* low, Sander?
I thought you were one of the more rational people here.

If you can define "rational" for me, then I can answer that question.

How about we start with : how would you determine if anything *wasn't* true?
Does the emperor *always* wear clothes?

I'm still an EE, I can still calculate Ohm's law, and I can still
manage not to burn myself with my soldering iron.

Why bother with all that 'law' stuff? If you believe in some
other relationship between volts to ohms to amps, go for it! Build
your gear based on that! Just so long as it makes you feel good!

Why is everybody thinking that I suddenly lost all of my abilities?
I *gained* some, not lost some.


Well, you'd 'gain' something by a full-blown florid psychosis,
by that definition.

Have you considered that perhaps the tweak has no real effect?
If you found that to be true, would it amount to a gain in wisdom?
That some things are all in your mind? ( This isn't like watching a TV,
btw. THere are ways to demonstrate that turning on the telly really
does change what it puts out visually. )



You *do* realize that finally, after 10 years, this newsgroup isn't
all about bashing Arny anymore, but there's actually a discussion
about audio?


LOL. Well, it's a discussion of *something* that some seem to
*believe* is about audio... I guess that's a start.


Good, I'm glad we agree about that.


I didn't say I was part of the 'some'.


___
-S
"Excuse me? What solid proof do you have that I'm insane?" - soundhaspriority
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