Re: Do all amplifiers sound the same?

"c. leeds" <cleeds@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Steven Sullivan wrote:
>
>> In fact I rarely audition gear;... any such auditions are prone to 
>> sighted bias effect.
>
> It's a pity to forsake listening entirely simply because a dubious
result 
> is possible.
>
>> I put as much or more effort into speaker placement and room treatment.

>> It stands to both reason and practice that choice of loudspeaker, and 
>> attention to room conditions, makes *BY FAR* the most difference in
sound 
>> quality. It really is just that simple, once you jettison all the 
>> nonsense promulgated by audiophile culture.
>
> You don't cite an example, so I don't know what "nonsense" you're
talking 
> about. It's certainly nonsensical to buy audio equipment without 
> listening. But, some people buy a new car without driving it first,
others 
> buy clothes without trying them on. There's simply no accounting for 
> preference, which is all that you are stating.

Except that Steven is very quick to accuse anybody who claims to hear what

they think is better sounding electronic gear of fooling themselves.  It
is 
a very hypocritical position to take, it seems to me, for someone who 
doesn't even bother to listen, yet claims to know that others can't hear 
what he doesn't even bother to listen to or for.