Saurav and Aslam:
I prefer to listen to music at night(when I'm just a bit drowsy), with the lights off. When I'm wide awake and the room is bright, I easily lapse into the "listening to the equipment, instead of the music" mode.
Larry
Saurav:
I would like to add a word or two about the link you provided. To my knowledge, this "test" was never published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it involved one subject (or was it two?). Could you imagine a pharmaceutical company submitting to the FDA the results of a clinical trial...
Chung:
My intention was not to antagonize. Really. If I erred in using "sound similar" and "sound pretty much the same" interchangeably, I apologize.
I too am wary about (most) reviewers, in that I feel they are loathe to speak badly about a piece of gear. On the other hand, I do feel that...
Chung:
If we infer from the few DBT tests that all amplifiers sound pretty much the same, then we are forced to conclude that all the reviews describing the sonic characteristics of a particular amp are in essence, illusory. What do you think underlies these "auditory hallucinations?" Is it...