Hi,
Being a newbie to high-ish end audio, I guess I am a bit perplexed by the continuous discussion on stands. From the contributions I have seen, I have gathered that they may/may not be important to the musical experience, Mana/Hutter is the best/worst/piece of wrought iron dustbuster/(wish I was in) IKEAesque beauty/ etc, and that healthy(?) wars can ensue as a result of any discussion on the subject. Passion abounds.
As we all know, the mind is a marvellous and mischevious piece of machinery capable of misleading its' owners in the most peculiar ways. Passion (or the hormones that are produced as a result of this feeling) is likely be an active fuel in distorting the mind (and therefore the perceptions) of individuals. Therefore, (finally getting to the point!) it would be interesting to know if readers had auditioned stands by removing this small detail - i.e. by blindfolding themselves in the review process, which is often done when purchasing other HiFi hardware components.
I would be a happy guinea-pig in this experiment, but unfortunately the experimental data required for such a test is limited in the deserts of Arabia...... Therefore, your insights may shed some light on this proposed experiment.
Regards
Tim
Posted on: 13 February 2001 by Andrew Randle
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Passion (or the hormones that are produced as a result of this feeling) is likely be an active fuel
I always wonder if it co-incides with the full moon.
There is however one way to settle the score... a multiplayer Internet game of Unreal Tournament in Team Deathmatch mode.
Manaics versus the Hutterites
Andrew
Andrew Randle
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Posted on: 13 February 2001 by ken c
i am not a fan of blindfold tests -- if by blindfold we means covering my eyes. i know there are designed to provide some sort of psychological control. however, the very act of blindfolding introduces a distraction that would make me tense and uneasy -- destroying what i am trying to achieve in the first place -- enjoy the music.
however, provided the blindfold is not intrusive (for example, hiding speakers behind an acoustic curtain, or hiding the equipment playing) then i guess this has definite value. you just have to make sure that in tryng to impose a control on the experiment, you dont unwittingly destroy its validity.
enoy...
ken
Posted on: 13 February 2001 by bam
Tim,
I have not done this comparison. However, I fully agree with your premise that how something sounds can be heavily influenced by other information. Blind tests (in the sense of not knowing what you are listening to) seem to me to be the best way to remove this human bias. Personally, I enjoy music the most at night with the lights turned off.
BAM
(PS I'll bet stands sound great sitting in all that soft sand out there!)
