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From: edhall@randvax.ARPA (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Phil Karn and other CD nuts, please read!
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Date: Sat, 11-Feb-84 17:24:35 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 11 17:24:35 1984
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Consistancy of the listening environment is indeed something I didn't
mention, but I fail to see how it applies.  Any distortions produced
by your equipment become part of that `environment', just as much as
sound absorption and reflection do.  And unless any of these effects
cause sound you find disagreeable, you'll accept them as `natural'.

It's my opinion that any audiophile who claims `golden ears' should
first study psychology, and see how much expectation and previous
experience affect perception.  If you believe that the color of your
listening room influences the sound, you'll hear exactly that.

A double-blind study is the *only* way to provide an objective measure
of sound quality.  So far as a subjective measure of what *I* like,
I prefer to compare reproduced sound with the real thing.  An opinion,
only.

		-Ed Hall
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