Pat Farrell;191340 Wrote: > jeffmeh wrote: > > P Floding;191291 Wrote: > >> Let's just stress that a negative AB or ABX means very little. > >> Certainly proves nothing in the general sense. > > > > Agreed, but let's also stipulate that it does prove that the > SPECIFIC > > subject of the test CURRENTLY cannot discern an audible difference. > > Note the emphasis, as it says nothing about other subjects or even > that > > subject in the future. > > > Well, we could say > that at the time of the test, that specific person found X. But it says > > nothing about whether they would fix X again if tested again, or if > they > would find Y. > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
Is that not the gist of what I said? All a negative test indicates is that the subject could not discern an audible difference in that test. To make a broader general conclusion would be incorrect, but to dismiss this outcome as meaningless would also be incorrect. -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33986 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
