Well, here's more evidence why we shouldn't always take old scientific assumptions as eternal verities:  Exciting chatter in the physics world today - Neutrinos travelling faster than the speed of light? Hmmm...    http://bit.ly/n9YAKW

Quote: It depends what aspect of hearing you're comparing. Human hearing can be very precise, for example in our ability to locate the source of a sound when waves reach one of our ears before the other. This is one factor to keep in mind when judging SACD. I think Ethan said that null...

Quote: Not really. You should spend your money on the equipment that sounds best to you, assuming you can afford it.  

  Quote: Do you realize how much you're sweeping under the rug with that post? But Prog Rock Man is right, this train of thought is off topic. I'll give it a rest.  

  Quote: Fine, but listening to music isn't about being objective.  

Who said anything about believing wild guesses? Regarding audio matters, you don't need to believe anything I or anybody else tells you. My point is: listen for yourself. To which you say, I don't need to listen because the science already tells me ahead of time what I will hear. That's what I...

When seeking to acquire a good headphone system, how much science does the average consumer need to take into account? In my opinion, very little to none. Instead of obssessing over the latest ABX results, try as many headphones/amp/source combinations as you can afford and stick with the one...

Quote: You admitted yourself some pages back that science isn't perfect, that it has its limitations.  

You're so wrong. We're not chemical and electrical machines. We're not machines at all. Try again. It's amazing to me that we would equate ourselves with the things we build (machines). We're so much more than that.   Quote:

Quote: I'm all for real improvements, but imaginary ones are real if they sound THIS good.  

Quote: Wow, you dreamed headphones. Congrats, you are VERY DEEP into this hobby (and I mean that; that is, if you actually dreamed about it). I own the Sennheiser HD650 (actually, I own various pairs, including Sennheiser 280pro, but the HD650 is by far the best headphone I have). Allow...

  Quote: The thing about the subjective domain, it doesn't exist independently of an outside world. And the thing about the placebo effect, expectation bias, and listening with your eyes -- when it is happening to you, you believe the improvement is real. That's precisely what makes the...

  Quote: That is exactly how I feel.   Think of it this way: You dine at a restaurant with somebody you like. You're having a good time with this person, and the meal tastes great. A week later you return to the same restaurant and sit at the very same table and order the very same...

Let the record show that nobody has raised their hand. Experience counts for something indeed it does.

  Quote: Comb filtering plays a role, but, as you know, we're talking headphones here. I don't believe Lehmann is incompetent. I believe he experiences burn in regularly, just can't explain why. Not everything in life has been explained yet.       

Quote: The only thing I'm postulating is that the guy with the most experience with headphone amps of anybody here confirms that he experiences burn in.   Raise your hand if you have more experience with headphone amplifiers than Norbert Lehmann does.  

Quote: It's pro forma for audio reviewers to mention that the amp under review has so many hours of burn in time. Very often the review proceeds to describe the sound of the amp before and after the burn in period. Why do so many people experience this phenomenon, or think they...

Quote: I'm not saying that the world is just an amorphous collection of subjective impressions. Moreover, how amorphous are subjective impressions in general? In my view, not as amorphous as you make out.   Quote: Maverick, nothing sublunar is perfect. Yes, I believe...

Quote: Science derives from philosophy. It used to be that one and the same thinker pondered both metaphysics and physics. Today people are more specialized and tend to focus on a single subject.   Quote: Really? Because I find that people who "preach" science have a very...

Quote: Science makes many presuppositions, even suppositions that are accepted and posited as suppositions by scientists themselves. They acknowledge these assumptions as assumptions in order to make certain calculations about the universe. But there are more fundamental presuppostions...

I want to buy one of these Lovely Cubes so I can compare it with my BCL. I'm not a DIYer, but I understand I can buy it assembled. Does the guy who sells this offer different opamps or will I have to do it myself?

UE, I wasn't offering it as any sort of evidence. Personally, I've never cleaned a contact in my life, much less with a "high quality cleaner." I just plug in my rca cables and they pretty much stay plugged in forever unless I change gear or move it around. Quote:  

Quote: People were making music long before Pythagoras divided his monochord and discovered the harmonic ratios, which is why I fundamentally disagree with Ethan's claim that without science we'd still be banging on rocks in some cave. No one is saying that science isn't useful, but it...

Quote: In hyperspace. I understand your objection, but the point is that there's a physical process that happens at a faster rate than light can move. Of course, the big bang theory (and hence inflation as well) is being challenged by brane theory, which says that what we call the big...