Re: Bi-wiring vs bi-amping

On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 20:39:23 +0100, "Glenn Booth" <glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hi,

"Glenn Richards" <glenn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:YPKdnbqeNPXnVrLZnZ2dnUVZ8qSdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

We can rule out the "psychological" factor, because I was expecting a
difference when switching from bi-wired to bi-amped, and heard none. Yet I
quite clearly heard a difference (as did my friend who was in the room with
me) between single and bi-wired.

I can't offer any explanation, but expectation bias doesn't only work
as you suggest. As non-objective humans, we have subconcious
bias that can affect us both ways - hearing things we don't expect,
and not hearing things we do expect. Simply because you thought
you might hear something and yet didn't does not exclude bias as
a factor.

Personally, I find it most frustrating when I can't hear something
that I *know* has changed - nothing to blame but my hearing
in those cases.

Nah, you're only human. Richards of course is some kind of chimaera of
bats and squirrel, and can be extremely catty, so it may be able to
take full advantage of SACD...
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

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