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In Reply to: Circular Debate: posted by regmac on July 5, 2005 at 13:25:54:
Thanks Regmac, for a well articulated voice of reason.Like you, I'm a moderate on this issue. In the beginning, I believed all could be measured. Over time, I have seen (heard) too many things in this hobby, that I found difficult to explain. I hate when that happens!
For me, a caricature of the objectivist would be a person with blinders on, crunching numbers, arriving at THE ANSWER, with blinding confidence, but never experiencing beauty surrounding him. A caricature of the subjectivist is an ostrich, head in the sand, who can't understand, or worse, has no desire to understand how or why he is touched by beauty.
(Remember, these are caricatures!)
scott
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - Circular Debate: - regmac 13:25:54 07/5/05 (173)
- Untested assumptions are the real problem... - mkuller 12:22:46 07/9/05 (53)
- Re: Untested assumptions are the real problem... - regmac 15:20:12 07/10/05 (18)
- One more attempt... - mkuller 11:16:37 07/12/05 (7)
- Re: One more attempt... - regmac 15:18:25 07/12/05 (6)
- Thanks for the clueless response... - mkuller 10:51:57 07/13/05 (4)
- Re: Thanks for the clueless response... - regmac 13:03:08 07/13/05 (3)
- That explains a lot... - mkuller 12:15:57 07/14/05 (2)
- Re: That explains a lot... - theaudiohobby 13:24:03 07/14/05 (1)
- Whaaaaaaat??? (nt) - mkuller 14:50:59 07/14/05 (0)
- Thanks for a well thought out response - theaudiohobby 07:58:21 07/13/05 (0)
- Re: Untested assumptions are the real problem... - bjh 21:46:27 07/10/05 (9)
- Re: Untested assumptions are the real problem... - regmac 08:38:54 07/11/05 (8)
- Re: Untested assumptions are the real problem... - bjh 09:31:49 07/11/05 (7)
- Re: Untested assumptions are the real problem... - regmac 08:32:25 07/12/05 (6)
- Re: Untested assumptions are the real problem... - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 15:46:52 07/12/05 (5)
- Re: Untested assumptions are the real problem... - regmac 19:21:01 07/12/05 (4)
- Re: Untested assumptions are the real problem... - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 21:28:15 07/12/05 (3)
- Re: Untested assumptions are the real problem... - regmac 07:46:45 07/13/05 (0)
- You missed one. - Dave Pogue 06:03:18 07/13/05 (1)
- Re: You missed one. - regmac 08:05:45 07/13/05 (0)
- Ho-hum. - Pat D 19:01:29 07/9/05 (33)
- Another red herring.... - mkuller 11:56:37 07/10/05 (1)
- So now you don't claim that observational listening is more sensitive than DBTs? - Pat D 07:55:06 07/11/05 (0)
- Pat D did you select your system by DBT? - Kloss 05:41:44 07/10/05 (9)
- Have I ever said I had or that anyone should? - Pat D 21:05:42 07/13/05 (0)
- And how do you know... - mkuller 11:58:19 07/10/05 (7)
- A better question IME is... - Wellfed 08:42:28 07/11/05 (1)
- a rhetorical question..... self anwered - slope 17:25:43 07/11/05 (0)
- Re: And how do you know... - Kloss 14:10:43 07/10/05 (4)
- I don't claim my preamp, amplifier, CDP, interconnects, speaker wires, and stock power cables sound different. - Pat D 16:11:13 07/10/05 (3)
- But you have... - mkuller 13:18:06 07/11/05 (0)
- Then you should have saved your money and bought the cheapest available! NT - lancelot 08:09:45 07/11/05 (1)
- Oh he practices what he preaches, all right - Dave Pogue 09:41:58 07/11/05 (0)
- Why should anyone care what YOU "want to know"? - Dave Pogue 04:30:17 07/10/05 (20)
- I wonder... - kerr 06:32:26 07/11/05 (16)
- That makes sense but doesn't fully explain ... - Dave Pogue 06:51:54 07/11/05 (15)
- Re: That makes sense but doesn't fully explain ... - Pat D 07:58:22 07/11/05 (14)
- Actually... - kerr 10:27:00 07/11/05 (10)
- Re: Actually... - Pat D 18:17:34 07/11/05 (9)
- Re: Actually... - kerr 19:21:17 07/11/05 (8)
- Re: Actually... - Pat D 22:07:08 07/11/05 (7)
- Re: Actually... - kerr 08:04:20 07/12/05 (6)
- Re: Actually... - Pat D 16:57:56 07/12/05 (5)
- Re: Actually... - kerr 05:21:37 07/13/05 (4)
- Re: Actually... - Pat D 10:49:55 07/13/05 (3)
- Re: Actually... - kerr 12:54:13 07/13/05 (2)
- Re: Actually... - Pat D 08:22:00 07/14/05 (1)
- Re: Actually... - kerr 11:02:38 07/16/05 (0)
- Notice how he misquoted me - Dave Pogue 09:20:56 07/11/05 (2)
- The man's a master. - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 15:17:54 07/11/05 (1)
- I didn't quote him. - Pat D 18:31:28 07/11/05 (0)
- I'm just throwing his own question back at him. - Pat D 16:15:59 07/10/05 (0)
- Where do you come in? - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 10:25:19 07/10/05 (0)
- Exactly - - kavakidd 09:39:00 07/10/05 (0)
- More like a Circle - kavakidd 07:02:45 07/8/05 (7)
- Re: More like a Circle - thetubeguy1954 16:38:39 07/8/05 (6)
- Gee I was going to give him props for getting something right! - Don T 23:56:24 07/8/05 (0)
- Wholly Shit! - kavakidd 19:40:21 07/8/05 (0)
- I think you may have misunderstood... - andy_c 18:54:27 07/8/05 (3)
- Thank you Andy - - kavakidd 19:41:21 07/8/05 (0)
- Re: I think you may have misunderstood... - thetubeguy1954 19:17:04 07/8/05 (1)
- Accepted - no harm intended - nt - kavakidd 19:41:52 07/8/05 (0)
- Why can't the subjectivist just concede and move on? - Don T 21:19:40 07/7/05 (2)
- Re: Why can't the subjectivist just concede and move on? - regmac 07:26:40 07/8/05 (1)
- Geez - I'm sure there's some aspirin around someplace - Don T 13:01:06 07/9/05 (0)
- OK, let me get this straight.......... - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 16:43:52 07/7/05 (43)
- test yourself before you wreck yourself - T&T 11:02:36 07/13/05 (1)
- Re: test yourself before you wreck yourself - Pat D 16:54:15 07/13/05 (0)
- You haven't got it straight. - Pat D 20:59:47 07/7/05 (39)
- Actually, it's you who seems confused - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 16:20:28 07/8/05 (28)
- You are wrong: a number of people who post here defend DBT methodology. - Pat D 18:01:13 07/10/05 (12)
- Now, that's an Inverted Ad Hominem - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 18:28:47 07/10/05 (11)
- Re: Now, that's an Inverted Ad Hominem - Pat D 22:47:12 07/11/05 (10)
- You ask the wrong questions - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 05:37:34 07/12/05 (9)
- Re: You ask the wrong questions - Pat D 17:28:39 07/12/05 (8)
- Re: You ask the wrong questions - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 18:27:38 07/12/05 (7)
- Re: You ask the wrong questions - Pat D 20:46:58 07/12/05 (6)
- Re: You ask the wrong questions - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 22:21:30 07/12/05 (5)
- Re: You ask the wrong questions - Pat D 12:10:31 07/13/05 (4)
- Re: You ask the wrong questions - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 19:26:49 07/13/05 (3)
- Re: You ask the wrong questions - Pat D 20:52:04 07/13/05 (2)
- Re: You ask the wrong questions - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 22:06:34 07/13/05 (1)
- Re: You ask the wrong questions - Pat D 09:55:02 07/14/05 (0)
- Excellent Post J-P NT - lancelot 08:12:42 07/9/05 (0)
- No, I'm not. - Pat D 17:46:00 07/8/05 (3)
- I think you are - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 20:11:49 07/8/05 (2)
- thank you - robert young 08:59:54 07/9/05 (1)
- I'll be accused of Back Patting.........but what the hell - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 14:15:12 07/9/05 (0)
- Re: Actually, it's you who seems confused - thetubeguy1954 17:18:32 07/8/05 (9)
- Back to ad hominems, eh? - Pat D 17:39:14 07/8/05 (8)
- Re: Back to ad hominems, eh? - thetubeguy1954 20:08:10 07/8/05 (7)
- Nice try, but ... - Dave Pogue 04:33:11 07/9/05 (6)
- Re: Nice try, but ... - thetubeguy1954 07:19:16 07/9/05 (5)
- Incomplete enumeration . . . - Pat D 13:46:36 07/9/05 (2)
- Re: Incomplete enumeration . . . - thetubeguy1954 17:15:06 07/9/05 (1)
- How about "None of the above?" - Pat D 18:50:25 07/9/05 (0)
- Put your money on "c" - Dave Pogue 09:03:06 07/9/05 (1)
- Re: Put your money on "c" - thetubeguy1954 17:16:32 07/9/05 (0)
- Perceptions? - TomJ 07:55:40 07/8/05 (1)
- Re: Perceptions? - Pat D 13:01:19 07/9/05 (0)
- Jeez what stupid people there are who hang around here! - Bruce from DC 07:23:30 07/8/05 (0)
- Re: You haven't got it straight. - Steve Eddy 21:29:12 07/7/05 (6)
- Re: You haven't got it straight. - Pat D 16:31:11 07/16/05 (0)
- Try liking SET tube amps and Horns loudspeakers - Kloss 13:39:34 07/8/05 (3)
- Re: Try liking SET tube amps and Horns loudspeakers - Steve Eddy 15:16:46 07/8/05 (2)
- Re: Try liking SET tube amps and Horns loudspeakers - Kloss 16:15:39 07/8/05 (1)
- Re: Try liking SET tube amps and Horns loudspeakers - Steve Eddy 17:14:56 07/8/05 (0)
- Yes the similarity between youself and Pat is noted. Obvious actually. - bjh 22:45:38 07/7/05 (0)
- YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 'Bout time someone told them to quit bitchin' or go away! (NT) - jeffreybehr 19:47:32 07/7/05 (0)
- A more important question - lancelot 14:41:27 07/7/05 (1)
- Oh come now, why he's just a "disinterested observer" after all. - bjh 16:16:25 07/7/05 (0)
- Here it is - now what? - mkuller 12:33:58 07/7/05 (1)
- Re: Here it is - now what? - regmac 14:34:38 07/7/05 (0)
- You all keep going round and round on this - Kloss 06:06:49 07/7/05 (0)
- Re: Circular Debate: - tetsuo 07/6/0518:58:54 07/6/05 (0)
- Re: Circular Debate: - Steve Eddy 14:30:36 07/6/05 (3)
- Re: Circular Debate: - andy_c 18:00:23 07/6/05 (2)
- Re: Circular Debate: - Steve Eddy 20:54:54 07/6/05 (1)
- Ok, I got it, thanks (nt) - andy_c 21:31:00 07/6/05 (0)
- Re: Circular Debate: - Bruce from DC 12:44:37 07/6/05 (14)
- You keep changing your ground. - Pat D 19:52:18 07/6/05 (2)
- When I got to the statement that perceiving is not the same as hearing - Bruce from DC 09:28:45 07/7/05 (1)
- Figures. - Pat D 09:34:37 07/7/05 (0)
- Re: Circular Debate: - regmac 14:59:48 07/6/05 (6)
- ok, let's be blind then and see where it leads us - Bruce from DC 15:36:51 07/6/05 (5)
- Re: ok, let's be blind then and see where it leads us - regmac 08:05:16 07/7/05 (3)
- At least somebody got the joke - Bruce from DC 09:32:54 07/7/05 (2)
- Aw geez... - andy_c 18:27:24 07/7/05 (1)
- no, andy - Bruce from DC 07:26:13 07/8/05 (0)
- Re: ok, let's be blind then and see where it leads us - andy_c 18:22:10 07/6/05 (0)
- Oh my goodness.... - Sordidman 12:57:41 07/6/05 (3)
- Re: Oh my goodness.... - thetubeguy1954 13:19:44 07/6/05 (2)
- ???? Sorry, - I don't get it, - but then, - it's Wednesday -t - Sordidman 16:05:47 07/6/05 (1)
- Re: ???? Sorry, - I don't get it, - but then, - it's Wednesday -t - thetubeguy1954 17:57:11 07/6/05 (0)
- There will never be any resolving this debate... - mkuller 11:41:04 07/6/05 (24)
- Re: There will never be any resolving this debate... - regmac 14:42:03 07/6/05 (7)
- Talk about red herrings... - mkuller 17:26:31 07/6/05 (6)
- Re: Talk about red herrings... - regmac 07:52:37 07/7/05 (5)
- A DBT by any other name... - mkuller 12:19:56 07/7/05 (4)
- Re: A DBT by any other name... - theaudiohobby 03:58:58 07/8/05 (3)
- Jim Austin also says... - mkuller 11:56:05 07/9/05 (2)
- You missed the point... - theaudiohobby 15:30:30 07/9/05 (1)
- What exactly are the "scientifically authorized claims of audio engineering"? - bjh 11:32:17 07/11/05 (0)
- I could not agree more - kerr 12:55:05 07/6/05 (15)
- Re: I could not agree more - Pat D 20:09:18 07/6/05 (10)
- Re: I could not agree more - kerr 05:00:58 07/7/05 (9)
- Re: I could not agree more - Pat D 07:05:22 07/7/05 (8)
- Re: I could not agree more - kerr 05:29:53 07/11/05 (7)
- That's peculiar reasoning. - Pat D 08:04:13 07/11/05 (6)
- Not at all. - kerr 19:30:02 07/11/05 (5)
- Re: Not at all. - Pat D 22:12:41 07/11/05 (4)
- Re: Not at all. - kerr 08:07:52 07/12/05 (3)
- Re: Not at all. - Pat D 17:20:29 07/12/05 (2)
- Re: Not at all. - kerr 05:35:32 07/13/05 (1)
- Re: Not at all. - Pat D 14:57:28 07/13/05 (0)
- "I can't imagine why the objectivists even care what we purport to hear." Indeed! - clarkjohnsen 13:58:11 07/6/05 (3)
- Re: "I can't imagine why the objectivists even care what we purport to hear." Indeed! - kerr 05:02:48 07/7/05 (2)
- Perhaps one of them could speak up and enlighten us?... nt - clarkjohnsen 07:35:27 07/7/05 (1)
- Re: Perhaps one of them could speak up and enlighten us?... nt - Neil49 08:33:53 07/8/05 (0)
- Re: Circular Debate: - thetubeguy1954 10:28:10 07/6/05 (9)
- I suppose a validation - theaudiohobby 07:49:46 07/7/05 (1)
- Re: I suppose a validation - thetubeguy1954 09:50:55 07/7/05 (0)
- Re: Circular Debate: - Image 22:55:05 07/6/05 (0)
- Re: Circular Debate: - Pat D 20:04:54 07/6/05 (0)
- Re: Circular Debate: - regmac 15:10:15 07/6/05 (1)
- Re: Circular Debate: - thetubeguy1954 18:09:42 07/6/05 (0)
- Kudos, Nice Post!! - TomJ 11:43:37 07/6/05 (2)
- Re: Kudos, Nice Post!! - LarryB 13:46:56 07/6/05 (1)
- Tritto [nt] - Wellfed 08:50:18 07/11/05 (0)
- just a reproducible test...not even double blind - Magpie 19:17:15 07/5/05 (0)
- Re: Circular Debate: (long) - lord addleford 17:04:54 07/5/05 (0)
- Again, the question is a simple one: can the subjectivists identify their favorite flavor without benefit of sighted tes - Robert Hamel 15:33:54 07/5/05 (0)
- Wrong approach IMO - Lambda 15:32:17 07/5/05 (0)
Follow Ups
- Re: Circular Debate: - tetsuo 07/6/0518:58:54 07/6/05 (0)