opaqueice;373150 Wrote: > In the best ABX methodologies, listeners can -choose- which sections to > listen to (zoom in on that small piece, in your analogy). Or failing > that, the passages that exhibit the greatest differences are selected > by the test administrator. In your analogy, it's clear such a > procedure would make the task of finding differences much -easier-, > just as it does for audio. > > But again, absolutely -nothing- about ABX requires short samples. > Choosing has nothing to do. We actually measuring the probability that someone can accidentally find the difference. But, this is NOT what the methodology is used to measure. It pretends to measure something else : the perceived difference. So, the methodology is flawed. ;)
opaqueice;373150 Wrote: > > Prove it. Easy. Scientific measures prove it. THDs, S/N ratios, etc. We know it's different, that's not the point of the ABX tests. -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Denon 3808 - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56425 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
