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Re: Sorry, wrong...

The correlation thing seems to be a sore spot with you. I am sorry you feel insulted, but rest assured I do know what correlation is. To draw from your example, even 100% correlation only hints at causation, it does not prove it. Proof requires the elimination of all dependent variables besides the two in question. Of course, as Hume pointed out, this is difficult, if not impossible when the two variables are observable. How then is it even remotely achievable when one variable is not. That is where we sit with audio….one of our variables is subjective and internal - invisible to the investigator. The list of what may affect this variable (report of internal experience) could be infinite but let’s start with one big obvious one: is the subject telling the truth? How could anyone ever tell?

As to my point about speculation as fact you actually make it for me with your example. All that can be stated as fact is that 100 out of 100 people reported a preference for the sound without the 4kHz signal added. Anything about the nature of the 4kHz signal’s interaction with the listener, the karma of it, the effect it will have on anyone other than the 100 listeners or anything else will be speculation, not fact.

And though we have rabbit-holed quite a bit here, that is really my overall point. The speculative declared as fact. This is what it boils down to. Science is not behind nay sayers calling folks dupes or con artists no matter how many DBT’s or LCR specs they put up nor is it behind any cable guru who asserts tri-helical silver conductors are the cause of a cable’s good sound no matter how many testimonials or fancy graphs he has on his website .




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