Recent content by DrDobs

Wow... what is the matter with me??? I purchased these headphones the other day for $80 at a Guitar Center expecting them to sound fantastic hooked up to my Pioneer Elite AMP and they sound like garbage! I'm NO headphone expert though but I'm so frustrated with the fact by brother-in-law...

Quote: Originally Posted by PhilS No, that's not really what I am saying. In brief, and somewhat simplified for purposes of brevity, what I am saying is that many thousands of people report hearing audible differences between various amps, cables, components, etc., yet it appears that...

Quote: Originally Posted by Danamr You write grant proposals for a living, right? If you don't you should consider doing that, because this is a very well thought out proposal. Now the BIG question. How do we fund this? I think it is safe to assume nobody in the industry would be...

Quote: Originally Posted by seagrasser Well, This is my first real post on this forum which has been a wealth of knowledge already. Thanks for that. My problem arises from my home PC integrated sound processing. It is flat dull and noisy. As integrated sound goes, I've heard much...

Quote: Originally Posted by TheSloth What a great test. It is a shame that you didn't include an extra one that was identical to one of the other three. That would have made an excellent control regarding people's ability to actually even tell the difference accurately in the first...

Well, nothing here seems to really change the opinion (unfortunately) I've held for qutie some time that when dealing with audio interconnects, there is probably some differences between the very low end and the mid range type of cable but the differences between mid-range and thes upposed "high...

Quote: Originally Posted by bigshot The car industry isn't selling cars per se... It's selling objects that make people feel better about themselves. High end cables are like that too... They help obsessive/compulsive people stop worrying about tiny insignificant factors that might be...

Quote: Originally Posted by PeeeMeS Raises hand Just because one headphone costs 5000$ more than another headphone[Orpheus vs HD580/600] doesn't mean it will sound better No one here would dispute the sonic differences between the Orpheus and the HD58/600, however there are quite a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Febs Well, they represent three distinct levels of price. If you are going to conduct this type of experiment, you can't assume that there is any perceptible difference in quality. Okay, well I suppose we better get this off the table right now. Are...

Quote: Originally Posted by SunByrne hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha gasp... breathe... common ground... hahaha... all posters... hahahaha... on a cable thread? OK, more seriously, I think it's safe to say that there's unlikely to be a test which will satisfy everyone. I think...

Quote: Originally Posted by philodox I've already answered this earlier, but I'll give it another go. Your stance on this assumes that everyone who took the test was familiar with the cables. Even if they had preconceptions as to what the cables would sound like, there would be no...

Thanks for replying here. I suppose it may also depend on what type of bookshelf speakers we are referring to though as well. I've been convinced to go with a dedicated solution, so I bought the Juli@ PCI card. I'll report back my thoughts when it all gets going.

This is a great thread on quite frankly a very good and important topic. I'm trying to determine what kind of common ground exists among all posters and the only thing that seems to rings true almost 100% of the time is that most all believe.. #1) The test had at least some flaws that could...

Quote: Originally Posted by philodox No you cant! I hate to sound like a broken record here, but people were asked to guess which cable they thought each was... not which was better! It is like lining up 14 people and asking them to guess someones name and given three choices...

Quote: Originally Posted by Aman I am not going to read all seven pages of this thread, but I just noticed something. The test was run under the assumption that everybody knew what the cables were going to sound like. It wasn't "order the three shapes from best to worst", it was "tell...