On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:33:59 -0700, codifus wrote
(in article <fth9un025dj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> On Apr 8, 6:16 pm, "Arny Krueger" <ar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> "Codifus" <codi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>
>> news:ftei94046s@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>> I think its funny that Mr. Winer thinks that comb
>>> filtering may be responsible for everyone's different
>>> impressions when sampling audio.
>>
>> Based on about 30 years of doing high resolution listening tests, I
think
>> Winer is pretty insightful.
>>
>>> Sitting down in the same
>>> spot with a give-or-take of 4 inches, impossible? I think
>>> not.
>>
>> It is not impossible, but it doesn't happen unless you are very
intentional
>> about it.
>>
>>> Those of us who really like audio tend to aslo have a
>>> favorite chair or spot in the listening room that we like
>>> to sit in.
>>
>> Yes, but your chair doesn't happen to have a head clamp or even a HANS
>> device (NASCAR).
>>
>>> I'm sorry, but I think's it's very easy for us
>>> mere mortals to sit in the same spot, definitely at least
>>> within in an inch.
>>
>> It is not impossible, but it doesn't happen unless you are very
intentional
>> about it.
>>
>> And now, lets talk about so-called listening tests in Salons, friends
>> houses, and at shows. ;-)
>
> I didn't mean to discount his 30 years of experience and the comb
> filtering. That part I would tend to believe. It's the seating
> position issue. If anyone claims to be serious about audio, I would
> think it a pre-requisite would be that they pay attention to seating
> position. and to be able to sit within 4 or even 1 inch of a previous
> listening position, Mr. Winer suggests that it is analogous to
> aligning atoms. Finding the same seating position within and inch or 2
> is not difficult at all.
>
> CD
I have a habit of moving my head around when I sit down to listen. Looking
for a "sweet spot" I guess. I've never actually found one that wasn't real
obvious and room caused, but I guess that's what Mr. Winer was referring
to.
Don't most of us do something similar?
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