glen donald
Grip
- Joined
- Oct 31, 2002
- Messages
- 21
Does it matter if the challenge has been posted somewhere before? There are millions of people who claim to hear HUGE differences b/w amp-X and amp-Y. Give them the chance to make some money or in other words “put up or shut up”.
When you setup a challenge like this, you truly hope to find a real “golden ear” – by design, not accident. BUT he says, if one is confident enough, lets turn it from a “challenge” into a “bet” – your money against his, 6 out of 6 is all that’s required. People tend to go into their shells when they have to put their money where their mouth is.
One very important people should understand; the amp challenge was to ask “big amp” manufacturers to “back up their big claims” (He calls it “Marketing BS”
) as well as audiophiles who believes in such “marketing voodoos”. He has dented (and shut up) a many egos over the years, and this is one of the reasons some discredit and scrutinise his challenge rather than prove themselves, as someone said, “too much ego at stake”.
Having said that differences in amps aren’t necessarily audible, it doesn’t mean you should buy the “cheapo”. Factors such as build-quality, warranty, quality of parts, a company’s reputation, resale value and personal preferences (gotta have what looks cool...ect) are reasons for choosing amps, NO NOT choose amps based on someone telling you “marketing BS” such as “this amp blows away that amp easily..”
One more thing to add;
I think Richard Clarke has another challenge called the “Hearing Cables challenge”. I think that’s self explanatory That’s another challenge that audiophiles and “expensive cabling company pty.ltd” really hates. You know what to do if you think you can hear expensive audio cables
When you setup a challenge like this, you truly hope to find a real “golden ear” – by design, not accident. BUT he says, if one is confident enough, lets turn it from a “challenge” into a “bet” – your money against his, 6 out of 6 is all that’s required. People tend to go into their shells when they have to put their money where their mouth is.
One very important people should understand; the amp challenge was to ask “big amp” manufacturers to “back up their big claims” (He calls it “Marketing BS”
) as well as audiophiles who believes in such “marketing voodoos”. He has dented (and shut up) a many egos over the years, and this is one of the reasons some discredit and scrutinise his challenge rather than prove themselves, as someone said, “too much ego at stake”.Having said that differences in amps aren’t necessarily audible, it doesn’t mean you should buy the “cheapo”. Factors such as build-quality, warranty, quality of parts, a company’s reputation, resale value and personal preferences (gotta have what looks cool...ect) are reasons for choosing amps, NO NOT choose amps based on someone telling you “marketing BS” such as “this amp blows away that amp easily..”
One more thing to add;
I think Richard Clarke has another challenge called the “Hearing Cables challenge”. I think that’s self explanatory
That’s another challenge that audiophiles and “expensive cabling company pty.ltd” really hates. You know what to do if you think you can hear expensive audio cables
