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Re: hk 3480 modification: science or wishful heari
RickSean #172121 08/03/07 12:50 PM
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No on here has EVER claimed that speakers don't have distinct tonal qualities.

As to the rest of your post, well, it's just pretty snotty in tone, isn't it?


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Re: hk 3480 modification: science or wishful heari
RickSean #172122 08/03/07 01:01 PM
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If you want measurements for my modified HK 3480, they are on that review...




Hi Sean and Rick,

Links to the review were posted by the person who originated this post but they are "broken". I'd appreciate if you can post the review so that I can read it.

Re: hk 3480 modification: science or wishful heari
Mojo #172123 08/03/07 02:30 PM
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Sean and Rick,

I am curious to hear your thoughts on this:

Re: AVR What to buy, need help??? [Re: Mojo]
#169929 - 05/18/07 05:41 PM


Some of you will like me for this and others will hate me but in the interest of advancing knowledge on this subject I have decided to post this.

I decided to blind test my wife's plastic, dinky Sony boombox with my Denon. Here are the specs:

Sony CFD-Z130: 2.3W + 2.3W into 3.2 Ohms at 10% harmonic distortion.

Denon AVR-2105: 90W + 90W into 8 Ohms at 0.08% THD from 20 Hz to 20 Khz; 125W + 125W into 4 Ohms at 0.7% THD at 1 KHz; dynamic power of 170W/channel into 4 Ohms.

For the Denon, I used my Sony with optical out as the CD source. The boombox has its own CD player.

I put on some Poncho Sanchez and adjusted the gains for 75 dB SPL. By the way, 75 dB in my room requires less than a watt per side. After I had everything adjusted I called in my wife, son and daughter and let them listen to the Denon for 2 minutes and the Sony for two minutes. Then I sent them back out and covered everything up. To make a long story short, we tested 12 times for a minute each time and I had them write down their answers each time. The test was painful as I had to keep changing the leads. Here is the raw data. The first field indicates the amp under test and the last three fields the selections they made:

1. S, D, D, S
2. S, S, D, S
3. S, D, S, S
4. D, D, D, S
5. D, D, S, D
6. D, D, D, S
7. D, S, S, S
8. S, S, S, D
9. S, S, S, S
10. S, D, S, S
11. D, S, D, D
12. D, S, S, D

Out of 36 possible trials, 21 turned up the correct response. That's not much different than guessing heads or tails.

Re: hk 3480 modification: science or wishful heari
Mojo #172124 08/03/07 04:11 PM
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Good lord. What speakers were you using for that? Also, I don't think that 2/3 is very equivalent to 50%.


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Ken.C #172125 08/03/07 04:52 PM
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Good lord. What speakers were you using for that? Also, I don't think that 2/3 is very equivalent to 50%.




Actually from a statistical perspective, the simplest conclusion is that there is no significant difference.
I would consider accepting a correct result 9 out of 10 times, a confidence level of 90%, which is less than that typically used in most science (alpha of 0.05 or 95% confidence limits). A value 2/3 correct falls well within the average of a normal distribution that could be expected from random guessing.

Anyone who has not done a controlled blind test does not have a clue how hard it really is. Those who never want to destroy their fragile egos by finding out how meaningless their "high end, overpriced electronics" are, have to resort to arguments of faith that can never be proved by their very cyclical nature.


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Re: hk 3480 modification: science or wishful heari
chesseroo #172126 08/03/07 05:53 PM
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I was using the M80s.

My conclusion was that my family could not tell the difference between the Denon and the Sony.

Re: hk 3480 modification: science or wishful heari
Mojo #172127 08/03/07 06:25 PM
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You hooked up M80s to a boombox and you couldn't hear the difference?!


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Ken.C #172128 08/03/07 06:42 PM
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I never participated in the test.

But I don't know why you find that so surprising. I was putting in less than a quarter watt into each M80. This was well within the Sony's spec.

Re: hk 3480 modification: science or wishful heari
Mojo #172129 08/03/07 06:48 PM
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How loud was it? I would expect 10% THD to be very audible.


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Re: hk 3480 modification: science or wishful heari
Ken.C #172130 08/03/07 07:10 PM
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75dBC, slow-weighted with noise from a test CD. Remember that the 10% THD for the Sony is at maximum power. I have no idea what the THD is for the SPL that I calibrated.

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