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The more one understands how things work, the less likely they are to give credence to an implausible hypothesis. In my book that's called progress.
>"And moving even a few inches to one side or the other can make a very large change in perceived frequency response due to comb filtering off nearby surfaces. So you play some music, then get up and put ..."> So how are the subjects of any test keeping their heads perfectly still and the results be accurate? ...
What things do you have in mind?
Also, you're close to me, so if you'd like to get together in person to test some of these things, and write up a joint report for the forum, I'm game. My listening environment is excellent (both of them), but if yours is too and you prefer, I'll gladly make the trip.--Ethan
See my July 7 post about howling at the moon to cure arthritis. I don't need to try howling to know it won't work. Do you need to try it to know it won't work? Exactly my point! ...
John,> My contention is that we can hear things that cannot be quantfied via measument. <If you have any evidence I'd love to hear it. Until then, I stand by my assertion that the state of the art with measuring is several orders of magnitude better than what is audible. On all aspects of audio, not just distortion and frequency response....
csero,> So how about creating a soundfield around the listener's head <Or, more typically, listen in a reflection free zone (RFZ) which reduces the comb filtering that's otherwise present. A glass coffee table in front of the couch guarantees the frequency response will change drastically with small head movements.--Ethan
John,> But you cannot measure which of several instruments in a large orchestra produced the 20Hz information. <How is that relevant to any of this? We're going in circles because I maintain that if spikes do anything it can be measured, and you keep talking about acoustical cues embedded in the music. Apples and oranges.> So no doubt you can measure information, but that cannot always be translated into what we hear. <Again, what does human perception have to do with spikes? ...