David, First of all, I'm sorry your first experience of this forum is so gruelling. There are a lot of hard-nosed people on this forum, and a lot of skeptics.
I used to be a raving subjectivist, but since some blind-test experiences I have become a firm believer in blind-tests or, rather, the fallibility of sighted listening. IME sighted listening is swayed by mental factors which are not only powerful but push in *directions which might seem to lack any reason*. If you posted onto the hydrogenaudio forum for example, you would be shown the door promptly unless every single assertion or even implication were backup up by level-matched double blind tests. Here we have a wider range of views! But I for one believe strongly that any sighted listening test is basically garbage for the purposes of: 1. Review 2. Any objective description about the sound So sighted listening is fine for deciding if you like something or not, or whether you decide to use this connection or not etc. Because what you do that makes you happy is nobody else's business. acousticsguru;229646 Wrote: > but until then, there is no reason not to trust one's ears, much less a > listening test panel's. > Well, as I've explained there is a proven, very good reason to not trust one's ears when sighted. acousticsguru;229675 Wrote: > > I'm a grown person and have done listening tests of all kind long > enough to be able to smell self deception if someone argues that it > must sound better because it costs more, don't worry! > You started out by saying you've done some blind testing, but this implies not all your statements are based on blind testing. I would say only the statements based on blind testing are reliable. For example, the fact I've done blind tests doesn't mean my sighted listening is reliable now. Darren -- darrenyeats SB3 / Inguz -> Sony DAS-703ES DAC -> Krell KAV-300i -> PMC AB-1 Dell laptop -> JVC UX-C30 mini system (old, cheap, loved) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38637 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
