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Old 05-24-2013, 02:16 PM
Lordofacid Lordofacid is offline
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Originally Posted by Maks View Post
Playing devil's advocate, of course it's positive. If people spend $1,000 on magical secret upgrades, they will WANT to hear a difference and they will likely tell themselves they've heard a difference. I find this testimonial interesting, "Detail is 30% better in a smooth artifact free analog way, never etched nor aggressive." How did he quantify 30% better? Thirty percent of what? How does something SOUND 30% better? There's a lot of snake oil and wizardry in this hobby.
You're absolutely right. We hear, what we want to hear. If I want to hear a difference, I will do so. It's a tricky placebo effect.
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