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Customers listening too critically & imagining noises in repaired amps - what to call that phenomenon?

8/26/1999 1:36 AM
Ed/SS	Customers listening too critically & imagining noises in repaired amps - what to call that phenomenon? This should probably be on the joke page, but have you guys noticed that after you repair an amp, a customer trying it out is listening more intently, trying to hear EVERY LITTLE SOUND THE AMP MAKES, imagining to hear noises/sounds he claims he didn't hear before it was worked on, even though the amp is working properly after a complete repair. There ought to be a word for that. Any ideas?

8/26/1999 1:36 AM

Ed/SS

Customers listening too critically & imagining noises in repaired amps - what to call that phenomenon?

This should probably be on the joke page, but have you guys noticed that after you repair an amp, a customer trying it out is listening more intently, trying to hear EVERY LITTLE SOUND THE AMP MAKES, imagining to hear noises/sounds he claims he didn't hear before it was worked on, even though the amp is working properly after a complete repair. There ought to be a word for that. Any ideas?

Replies:

Steve A. Ed: &nbs... -- 8/26/1999 2:09 AM
Benjamin Fargen ED, P.A.O.A. syndrome....... -- 8/26/1999 2:18 AM
paul perry What is worse, is that old amps can... -- 8/26/1999 1:07 PM
Trace q{...even though the amp is working... -- 8/26/1999 7:30 PM
John S. Hey Ed....you know how it is.A pers... -- 8/26/1999 8:28 PM
Matt D This perhaps slightly unrelated, bu... -- 8/26/1999 8:46 PM
Giacomo It's no more "pure and perfect". Vi... -- 8/26/1999 10:45 PM
Lee Heck, I hear noises I didn't hear b... -- 8/27/1999 3:16 AM