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Re: Propagating fantasy listening experiences is probably not healthy

”Confusing your fantasies with reality is not only unhealthy, but it encourages and directly supports the dishonest snake-oil vendors in our hobby (rather than the honest ones). “
My point is that we do not have the ability to discern the external from the internal as a cause when the effect is purely internal. Science runs into a brick wall here. We literally cannot tell fantasy from reality in this case and as such we have no ground to make value judgments.
‘Also, since it’s a fantasy, you’re the *only* one who can hear the improvements….’
You will always be the only one. It’s your internal experience regardless of the source. You can share it with others only via language. If they report a similar experience it moves us no closer to defining the source. There could be something physical in the cable or there could be psycho/social causes or both or a million other possible sources for the congruence of reported experiences.


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