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Rule of thumb: when discussion of vanishingly small effects as they regard human perception (especially when applied to mere entertainment) devolve to requiring
by ctdonath 12y ago
Rule of thumb: when discussion of vanishingly small effects as they regard human perception (especially when applied to mere entertainment) devolve to requiring analysis "quantifiable with the right equipment", we've pretty much left the realm of human perception and the cost to obtain further improvements are pure waste.
- igrekel 12y agoYep, I was just having this conversation with a friend recently, he was asking about high definition audio, high end usb cables, power conditioners other things like that. I own a good system to listen to audio from the computer (a Hegel H80) so he was asking me what I thought. I was having a hard tome to convince him that at one point you're better off spending money on better recordings and more music than going after the imperceptible (or not existing) differences through these kinds of equipment "upgrades".
- massaman_yams 12y agoMy point wasn't about effects being so small they're imperceptible - it was that human perception is notoriously subjective (particularly in the audiophile world where people tend to want to hear differences even if they don't exist), and an AP analyzer (or similar) would provide a much more rigorous way of identifying if an effect was present. As far as perceptibility is concerned, ABX testing is a better method for that, and it really doesn't appear the individuals in this article conducted their listening tests via that method.