markwd
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| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @mahgister Well, if you could point to a specific flaw in an ASR review it would be meaningful. For example, demonstrate that FFTs are incapable of showing important, hearable differences between specific devices. Now that would be a great start f... | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @mahgister I think I have to let this word salad go, my man. I still can't tease out any real critique of ASR that would meaningfully impact what he does in terms of reviewing audio equipment. As is always the case, I encourage those who have new ... | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? Ehhh, there are reviews and they involve some audio science, but fair enough! | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @mahgister OK, good night! But it's still baffling or at least poorly articulated. Take this: which facts discredited Amir proposal of his measures as anything else than SOME specs verification assessing good or bad design anything else propo... | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @mahgister Excellent! Thanks. The final link to Van Maanen appears to be a link to your local Windows file system, BTW. It turns out I previously read all of the Kunchur papers. I haven't delved to validate the Van Maanen though the feedback in ... | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @mahgister It's all terribly vague to me...I don't know that Amir is selling an ideology or that he believes he is the only one who is scientific. He measures gear and ranks them. Often their differences are beyond audible according to most theori... | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? I just came up with one! Let's say that human hearing exceeds Fourier Uncertainty due to nonlinear cochlear structure and that this does actually mean that FFTs are not sufficient for characterizing the transfer function of devices (contrary to t... | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @mahgister But even if any of that is true, does it mean that ASR measurements are flawed? After all, no company producing audio technologies has access to special time-of-arrival analysis systems that they can then use to build completely novel D... | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @mahgister I'm very serious. For instance, Fourier uncertainty has been partially debunked as leading to a discounting of FFTs for analyzing signals due to nonlinear behavior in human hearing: https://arxiv.org/abs/1501.06890 More, FFTs do a fin... | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @mahgister Can you provide here one testable claim that shows a flaw in Amir's approach? | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @invalid Just following up to the OP! | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @mahgister I'm baffled by your vague hints at some great gulf between you and Amir. Go over to ASR or elsewhere and explain exactly what he gets wrong and how he might improve. I'd love to read it! | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @kerrybh Yeah, I'm not really passionate about this stuff, just interested in how people think. Things don't impress me much any longer. I love the phrase "epistemic humility" to describe the best reasoning and theorizing. Our better selves are c... | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @mahgister Still baffled, man! I'm interested in debunking audiophile myths that are derived from flawed theories, commercial snake-oil, limited testing and evaluation, and simple gullibility. I don't see a logical parallel with "debunk spirits ex... | |
| Is ASR for real, or is it only for those sub $1k or even sub $2K? @kerrybh It's actually a side-project of mine. I'm developing a debunking resource for audiophile myths and collecting together all the relevant arguments and counter-arguments. I see it as an interesting intellectual adventure in philosophy of sc... |