keanex
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He's either trolling or is defending his stance because he's already invested money he won't get back into it. Either way you're wasting your time.
Hey, I have to copy your previous question for reference here:
Seriously. Let me repeat the question. Do you assert, having not listened, that painting the front of your volume knob brown will have no effect on sound; or do you assert that you believe it is possible that painting your volume knob brown will change the sound?
And my answer, plus a question, in my previous reply:
I don't assert that painting the front of my volume knob will have no effect on sound. Do you?
I think if you read carefully enough you will notice piratelord doesn't say half of the things people think he's saying. If I remember correctly, Bertrand Russell said in Impact of Science on Society, that there may come a time where the only scientific progress would be things like product r&d, and that fundamental science would not be allowed to progress. Piratelord seems to me to have the right mindset for research, but the last few pages illustrate how little we care about such things.
Under special circumstances. If we painted it red and there was a bull in the room I think something would happen to the sound yes.
Under special circumstances. If we painted it red and there was a bull in the room I think something would happen to the sound yes.
yes, but will the sound actually change? If you need the caviat : presume that that the color change is unknown to the listener.Under special circumstances. If we painted it red and there was a bull in the room I think something would happen to the sound yes.
It is scientifically proven that bull can't see colors... until of-course another study prove the contrary, but yes different color and aesthetic can greatly affect how we perceive the sound like for example glowing tubes.
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Do you believe that it is possible that painting the front of my volume knob can change the sound coming out of my speakers?
That's a non sequitur. Because some part of theoretical physics isn't full understood does not mean that some guy cranking out cables in his garage has somehow unraveled the Great Mysteries of the Universe. The more likely supposition is that the guy just made something up without any backing evidence and is hoping to make a profit. If you disagree, please point us to the test results.
Possible, but extremely unlikely. Far more likely explanations to a perceived difference in sound is atmospheric differences, mental or physical differences, placebo, etc. Unfortunately cable believers do not really see the mountain of established evidence in the scientific community on placebo and psychosomatics. Of course, there's always that tiny chance that painting the knob or using special cable braiding may affect the sound. In the absence of evidence for placebo, we might even entertain such theories. I'm not sure why the cable believers ignore the evidence and only maintain arguments based on scientific mysteries. Uncle Erik has it right: