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    Line between having an open mind vs being objective(basing on your current knowledge)

    nothing in my messages is about certainty, I insist on trying to fool ourselves(and others) less by using the basics of a method that is in nature...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 22, 2016 in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    Line between having an open mind vs being objective(basing on your current knowledge)

    appreciations are feelings and emotions, that's everything and nothing, we'd die for that etc. but it doesn't necessarily rely on facts and is not...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 21, 2016 in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    Gaming Mice

    I use a deathadder, because out of all the amazing options that exist for lefties, well it's symmetrical or this. so I have a lot less...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 21, 2016 in forum: Geek Cave: Computers, Tablets, HT, Phones, Games
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    Line between having an open mind vs being objective(basing on your current knowledge)

    science bitches! being objective is being open minded. why the VS? or did you mean open minded as in gullible? like how I maybe should help out...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 20, 2016 in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    Plankton... and the ability to resolve properly

    oh cool, a strawman argument contest! I really missed that since 5mn ago on headfi. what are the rules here? do I pretend like anything in this...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 17, 2016 in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    Plankton... and the ability to resolve properly

    I'm just saying that headphone listening is nothing like speaker listening. is that up for debate? so if the reference sound was determined and...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 16, 2016 in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    Plankton... and the ability to resolve properly

    I said 3% THD tubes, not to mistake the statement with "berrrgh I hate tube rhhhaaaaaaaa!". some have more, some have way less. I'd never argue...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 16, 2016 in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    Plankton... and the ability to resolve properly

    that brings the question of reference again. what are you trying to reproduce? I know there is a strong ideology "a la " Neil Young in audio where...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 16, 2016 in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    Has Technology Damaged Music?

    the reason to play an instrument changed, no doubt about that. on my father's side almost everybody played an instrument, and the choice of...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 15, 2016 in forum: Random Thoughts
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    Plankton... and the ability to resolve properly

    well sorry, wikipedia doesn't give me a great deal of details about plankton as you guys seem to use it ^_^(must say I had never seen that term...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 15, 2016 in forum: General Audio Discussion
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    Headphone Measurement Stuff

    @ultrabike , not sure I understand what you're saying is wrong? do you mean that moving the hd600 around doesn't impact the trebles much?...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 15, 2016 in forum: Random Thoughts
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    Headphone Measurement Stuff

    aside from the obvious problem of calibration(a mic calibrated for room measurement and calibrated for enclosed measurements aren't the same...
    Thread by: castleofargh, Sep 15, 2016, 39 replies, in forum: Random Thoughts
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    Soundstage stuff

    I close my eyes anytime I really try to focus on the sound. that got me a few laughs from people at meets watching me frozen in place with my eyes...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 14, 2016 in forum: Headphones
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    Plankton... and the ability to resolve properly

    what about trying to learn the relationship between measurements and perception instead of making up words for the perception side of things and...
    Post by: castleofargh, Sep 14, 2016 in forum: General Audio Discussion