El Duderino;410682 Wrote: 
> Without this level of objectivity in endpoints, it is hard to design a
> relevant double-blind, randomized controlled trial.  In testing audio,
> the endpoint is as subjective as it gets ie "Does A sound better than
> B".  Therefore, the design of any double-blind study is compromised
> right from the start.
I think you may have misunderstood the end goal of ABX testing in
audio. The endpoint is NOT "does A sound better than B". It's much
simpler: "does A sound DIFFERENT than B". No preference judgements are
called for: simply the detection (or otherwise) of an audible
difference. That strikes me as eminently measurable and open to
statistical analysis.


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