Popular Post Richard Dale Posted September 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, Ralf11 said: - and here is the central problem - claims are made based on perceptions, but the perceptions are composed of 2 or more component parts: actual SQ and other inputs based on visuals of the equipment, ergonomics, mood, cost of components, foods, EtOH flavor profiles & etc. - all usually subsumed under the heading 'confirmation bias' it's valid to make a purchase based on visual esthetics or ergonomics (I love the shape of the knobs on my Audio Research pre-amp, and would avoid a good sounding speaker system that looks like a hungry Velociraptor, as 2 examples) but to choose based on SQ alone, you simply cannot make uncontrolled listening comparisons; you need to control for various extraneous effects Sorry no you're wrong. I don't need blind tests and an understanding of Karl Popper to go shopping for great sounding USB cables. I use a Nordost Heimdall 2 USB cable into a Chord 2Qute in my main system and I think they are a really good combination. The Nordost cable improved the resolution of the Chord DAC and helped deliver it's full potential. And that difference was significant enough to be obvious to an experienced listener. As far as I know this thread is supposed to be about people's experience of listening to various makes of USB cables, not about whether or not differences can be heard. johndoe21ro, Summit, sandyk and 3 others 5 1 System (i): Stack Audio Link > Denafrips Iris 12th/Ares 12th-1; Gyrodec/SME V/Hana SL/EAT E-Glo Petit/Magnum Dynalab FT101A) > PrimaLuna Evo 100 amp > Klipsch RP-600M/REL T5x subs System (ii): Allo USB Signature > Bel Canto uLink+AQVOX psu > Chord Hugo > APPJ EL34 > Tandy LX5/REL Tzero v3 subs System (iii) KEF LS50W/KEF R400b subs System (iv) Technics 1210GR > Leak 230 > Tannoy Cheviot Link to comment
Popular Post Richard Dale Posted September 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2018 7 minutes ago, Ralf11 said: You need blind tests to compare the SQ of USB cables. While you are free to spend your own money any way you like, you are quite, quite wrong if you think you can do that by uncontrolled anecdotal experiences. Sorry I regard your quote above as an 'anecdote' and no more than an opinion. johndoe21ro, Teresa and look&listen 3 System (i): Stack Audio Link > Denafrips Iris 12th/Ares 12th-1; Gyrodec/SME V/Hana SL/EAT E-Glo Petit/Magnum Dynalab FT101A) > PrimaLuna Evo 100 amp > Klipsch RP-600M/REL T5x subs System (ii): Allo USB Signature > Bel Canto uLink+AQVOX psu > Chord Hugo > APPJ EL34 > Tandy LX5/REL Tzero v3 subs System (iii) KEF LS50W/KEF R400b subs System (iv) Technics 1210GR > Leak 230 > Tannoy Cheviot Link to comment
Popular Post Richard Dale Posted September 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ralf11 said: that's because you don't know what the term anecdote means; the effect has been proven over & over again, and entire laboratories are devoted to cross-sensory effects Anecdote: "an account regarded as unreliable or hearsay.", "a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person" Example of an anecdote: "the effect has been proven over & over again, and entire laboratories are devoted to cross-sensory effects" All you are really saying is something along the lines of 'please shut up, you don't know what you are talking about'. look&listen, Teresa, Summit and 1 other 3 1 System (i): Stack Audio Link > Denafrips Iris 12th/Ares 12th-1; Gyrodec/SME V/Hana SL/EAT E-Glo Petit/Magnum Dynalab FT101A) > PrimaLuna Evo 100 amp > Klipsch RP-600M/REL T5x subs System (ii): Allo USB Signature > Bel Canto uLink+AQVOX psu > Chord Hugo > APPJ EL34 > Tandy LX5/REL Tzero v3 subs System (iii) KEF LS50W/KEF R400b subs System (iv) Technics 1210GR > Leak 230 > Tannoy Cheviot Link to comment
Popular Post Richard Dale Posted September 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2018 9 minutes ago, mansr said: And you disagree with this why, exactly? Well I suppose I like to think I'm an experienced listener having been an audiophile for about 45 years, and know something about how to overcome the problems that there may be in sighted listening auditions. In the same way on a more skilled level a mastering engineer certainly needs to do sighted listening in order to do their job, although I'm sure they would also regard blind listening tests as useful. I object to the absolutist idea that even for expert listeners, anything other than a blind test is meaningless and merely an 'anecdote' in the objectivist parlance as used by Ralf11. look&listen, sandyk, Teresa and 2 others 5 System (i): Stack Audio Link > Denafrips Iris 12th/Ares 12th-1; Gyrodec/SME V/Hana SL/EAT E-Glo Petit/Magnum Dynalab FT101A) > PrimaLuna Evo 100 amp > Klipsch RP-600M/REL T5x subs System (ii): Allo USB Signature > Bel Canto uLink+AQVOX psu > Chord Hugo > APPJ EL34 > Tandy LX5/REL Tzero v3 subs System (iii) KEF LS50W/KEF R400b subs System (iv) Technics 1210GR > Leak 230 > Tannoy Cheviot Link to comment
Popular Post Richard Dale Posted September 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2018 10 minutes ago, mansr said: Yes, I suppose you like to think that. I suppose you like to think you're polite, possibly wrongly. Teresa, barrows, look&listen and 2 others 5 System (i): Stack Audio Link > Denafrips Iris 12th/Ares 12th-1; Gyrodec/SME V/Hana SL/EAT E-Glo Petit/Magnum Dynalab FT101A) > PrimaLuna Evo 100 amp > Klipsch RP-600M/REL T5x subs System (ii): Allo USB Signature > Bel Canto uLink+AQVOX psu > Chord Hugo > APPJ EL34 > Tandy LX5/REL Tzero v3 subs System (iii) KEF LS50W/KEF R400b subs System (iv) Technics 1210GR > Leak 230 > Tannoy Cheviot Link to comment
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