14-Nov-2014, 13:44
(13-Nov-2014, 23:40)Confused Wrote: As an engineer, and someone who's natural abilities revolve around physics, I always love F1eng's posts, and I always find myself agreeing with his logic. But the thing is, with hifi, I amazed by how many times I listen to a demo of kit and the results are far from what I expected, or even the last thing I expected. Hearing is believing for me, especially when parting with cash for kit. I'd love to set up a true ABX test of Entreq equipment, and I have no idea what to expect or what the conclusion would be. I must admit, I read their website the other day, and the words snake oil came to mind, but as I said, I would not dismiss it at all until I had heard for myself. It would make an excellent dealer event to do a proper blind demo / test of the Entreq range. Or does anyone offer home demos?
I quite agree.
Back in the early 70s I saw no reason why amplifiers should sound different to each other until I had a home demo of an amp I liked the look of to see if it sounded loud enough. It was less powerful than the one I already had. To my amazement and initial incredulity the new amp sounded a lot better, and I have generally bought stuff I could audition at home where possible ever since.
That doesn't stop me trying to understand why.
If there is a genuine sound difference that hasn't shown up in measurements it means the critical parameters are not being measured, not that measurements don't tell about hifi!
Also, I think most fans do not like to accept that what they like the sound of is euphonic colouration, rather than some as-yet-to-be-discovered wonderful betterness in their favoured kit.
Record players and valve amps are examples here. Their characteristic sound was explained decades ago.
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