WhatsNext;409068 Wrote: > I had a Linn Karik-Numerik a couple of years ago. I had friends bring > over their CD players and I would leave the room during the comparison. > Every time everyone in the room thought that the Karik-Numerik had a > much more musical sound. Most of these guys were very skeptical and to > a man and woman they were perplexed and amazed at how good a digital > source could sound. That was easy money. > Just as in blind tests there are all sorts of factors which might mask differences, in these anecdotes of sighted tests there are all sorts of factors which might cause differences other than audible differences between the components. IMO it's unfair to criticise every blind test whilst accepting such anecdotes without question. For example...
1. What was the other equipment used? 2. When you changed the source did you change ANYTHING else in the system? 3. Did you level match the sources using noise and an SPL meter? 4. How many times did you perform the test? Were there any occasions you couldn't tell a difference which you didn't report? But in the end the simplest explanation is expectation (either expecting a difference that doesn't exist, or expecting a real difference to constitute "better"). The only way to account for this is with some kind of blind test, unfortunately. I say unfortunately, for it's true but I agree it's inconvenient. But in a situation like your anecdote, where the difference is heard in the time taken to walk into the room, long term listening is by all accounts not the issue which makes a blind test of some sort more practical. Darren -- darrenyeats http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. (Inguz bass EQ'd) SB3 -> (pre bypassed) Krell KAV-300i -> PMC AB-1 (caps bass EQ'd) Laptop -> Genius Slab SW-flat2.1 700 SB3 / Rio Karma / Laptop -> JVC UX-C30 / Sennheiser PX-100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38815 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
