Robin Bowes;220779 Wrote: 
> darrenyeats wrote:
> 
> > I am also not in the "all digital sources are the same" camp.
> > 
> > Nevertheless, I am in the "if you can't tell blind then you can't be
> > sure" camp.
> 
> "can't be sure" of what?
> 
> R.

Well, I didn't mean that a switching A/B blind test can make me sure of
everything to do with the sources. As you and Patrick have pointed out -
and I agree with you - long term considerations, which might be very
important, would be missing.

But to answer your question...if you can't tell blind then you "can't
be sure" what is heard sighted is free of influence from expectation,
prejudice, peer pressure, suggestion etc. Remove this possibility, and
you are left with the truth. As I said previously, long term listening
blind might be the only way to kill both these birds with one stone. I
accept this might be very difficult...but I really believe listening
sighted is unreliable.
Darren


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