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Originally Posted by spencerc  If 10/10 or even 8/10 TRAINED ears can hear a difference between wood and concrete, then there must be one. |
I agree with this 100 percent. As soon as someone auditions and/or measures two
identical rooms that vary
only by the floor surface - or some other single variable - I'll switch sides.
Seriously, this is exactly the problem. Nobody I know of has ever done a proper comparison. Often, what seems true intuitively turns out not to be true at all when properly analyzed.
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And for the love of pete, PLEASE stop bringing up your power cord analogy.
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But that is totally relevant! Power cord proponents are
absolutely certain their replacement cord changed the sound. These are not all stupid people, and many of them are experienced listeners and very serious about their hobby. So let me put it back at you - what would you say to a friend who you like, and who you know is not stupid, who tells you he is certain beyond doubt that the new power cord he bought makes a big difference? This is a serious question and I hope you'll answer.
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Our brains are so much more complex than any computer system and I truly believe that human experience is not worthless.
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Of course not worthless. But not more accurate than measuring, which wins by at least two orders of magnitude. Do you happens to live anywhere near me in Connecticut? If so, I invite you here for an hour or two of playing around with subjective experience, blind testing, and so forth. I promise you will leave with a different opinion of this stuff.
--Ethan