10-01-2020, 05:00 PM
(09-09-2019, 05:12 PM)fmaxwell Wrote:(09-03-2019, 09:21 AM)Vhond Wrote:(09-03-2019, 04:24 AM)energyi Wrote: I like 3.8.4 also. Might just be psychological because it was better than the previous versions. I've been updating but still saved the older IMG. Gogo Penguins sounding great with 4.4 right now. Have 5.? On another box. Hard to judge even swapping out ssd cards.
Don't think it was psychological, I agree with Kent it's not the RT kernel as is but the optimization of specific processes and parameters (e.g. for latency).
Same experience with Rune and optimization of specific parameters.
But can you identify the supposedly better sounding version in a blind test?
Most audiophiles will be convinced that they hear a difference between two amps even if the person conducting the experiment just pretended to switch amps. That's expectation bias. It's why it's so important to follow the scientific method. We're all prone to hearing differences if we are convinced that something has changed.
People see these objects as being different, but they are identical in both size and shape:
Your hearing is no more immune to being deceived than are your eyes.
re: expectation bias.
And what do you say when there is a expectation prior to listening that a change will sound _worse_ but after careful listening the evaluation is that the change improved the sound quality?
Seems to throw a monkey wrench into a blanket statement about expectation bias always discrediting listening evaluation, no?
