The_Lhc said:
Broner said:
Ehhm, I got that Dave wasn't talking about cables. I think you misinterpreted my comment.
You'd better explain it then because if you're not talking about cables then you appear to be suggesting that the amp and speakers don't make any difference to the sound being created, which is an interesting point of view.
No offense, but I reread my comment and it is perfectly clear what I am saying. I am saying that it is clear that people very clearly hear differences between components even if hose differences are not caused by the different components (e.g. cables). This logic necessarily also applies to other components in the system because things such as expectation bias do not exclusively apply to cables. Hence, while people may feel they are improving or fine-tuning the system, each time they could also be the victim of the ways in which their brains mediate their experiences.
It makes me wonder to which degree people just keep fooling themselves over and over again. That is not to say that amps and speakers don't make a difference to the sound being created, but for a significant degree it makes me wonder how well people are naturally equipped to perceive differences. For cables there always is a discussion going on, but for speakers, because we know they can sound differently, people assume that the differences we hear are also differences being emitted by the system.