03-27-2022, 11:36 AM
There's a great article by Steve Guttenberg that should be read by anyone who's convinced something has made their system sound different.
No-one could possibly accuse Steve of being a rigid objectivist.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/magic-moment
"I remember the Tuesday night that music broke free of my hi-fi. ... I swore I'd never have to change my system ever again. The sound was perfect.
Wednesday eve was a different story. Some of that magic had vaporized. Mind you, I hadn't changed a thing—no cable swapping, no adjusting of cartridge VTA, no monkeying around with DAC filters, no nothing."
The most important part of subjective impressions is the subject, i.e. the person doing the listening. And we're changing all the time. I've experienced exactly the same phenomenon Steve described countless times.
No-one could possibly accuse Steve of being a rigid objectivist.
https://www.stereophile.com/content/magic-moment
"I remember the Tuesday night that music broke free of my hi-fi. ... I swore I'd never have to change my system ever again. The sound was perfect.
Wednesday eve was a different story. Some of that magic had vaporized. Mind you, I hadn't changed a thing—no cable swapping, no adjusting of cartridge VTA, no monkeying around with DAC filters, no nothing."
The most important part of subjective impressions is the subject, i.e. the person doing the listening. And we're changing all the time. I've experienced exactly the same phenomenon Steve described countless times.
