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Is the difference in sound quality all in our head? [message #89509] Mon, 07 January 2019 11:58 Go to previous message
TheWanderer is currently offline  TheWanderer
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I just read an interesting article about the psychological impact of audio quality. Here's an excerpt from the article that sums up what his argument is:

"No one has ever produced a scientif-
ically controlled listening test showing
that well-designed amplifiers (flat re-
sponse, no clipping), preamplifiers, in-
tegrated circuits, and speaker wires
(16-gauge and bigger) have the slight-
est effect on the sound being pro-
duced. Special capacitors, absolute po-
larity, dots, clamps, green pens, bricks,
and assorted other things also won't
change the sound from a stereo or
home-theater system, although people
can be made to think so. Why? Listen-
er bias can make people hear unverifi-
able "differences" in sound. "


Thoughts?
 
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