Btw - with all the discussion about testing methods for listening, I thought I'd post something here that I posted on AudioAsylum.com a few months ago. Would love to get thoughts from folks here as to whether a test as described below would be enough to convince you that a real difference was being heard:
I had a dozen audiophiles listen to my system this weekend. It is a highly resolving system in a well-treated listening room. I played the first 45 seconds a track of music to this group of people a couple of times so they could become familiar with the track. I then had everyone close their eyes, and asked them to raise their hands if they heard something change in the system. I did not tell anyone what tweak I was going to employ, nor did I mention anything about what kinds of changes (if any) they would be hearing. The tweak could be employed "on the fly" (no need to stop the music or reconnect anything). At the moment I employed the tweak (about 20 seconds into the track), 6 people immediately raised their hands...and 3-4 additional people slowly raised their hands in the 4-5 seconds following the implementation of the tweak. This test was repeated 3 times (at different times into the track), and the results were pretty similar each time. I know this doesn't qualify as a "double-blind" test because the participants knew something was being done...but they didn't know what was being done or when it was being done, nor did they have any visual indication of what other participants were responding (unless they were peaking!)... -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32466 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
