magiccarpetride;619097 Wrote: > EVERYTHING pretty much vanishes under the double blind ABX test > circumstances. That's the fact that invalidates such a clever test. > > You can read up on it all over the web -- people. experienced > audiophiles, have reportedly never been able to pass ANY ABX tests with > better than 51% batting average. Even when comparing shitty, $20 DVD > players against multi thousand dollars players, or bottom line power > amps with ten thousand dollars power amps, under ABX regime all the > differences mysteriously melt away. In many reported cases, the test > subjects would've achieved pretty much the same results had they simply > chosen to toss a coin. > > It's a fact, try it for yourself. Take the best component you can find, > pair it up with the shittiest one, and run the two components through > double blind ABX. 7 times out of 15, you'll be wrong. 8 times out of > 15, you'll be right. Or vice versa, same difference basically. Same > goes for pretty much anybody else who'd be willing to join you in the > testing exercise. > > That, plus, as I've mentioned, there is a huge body of already > published evidence that pretty much exposes the same interesting > phenomenon. > > Does this mean that we're just a bunch of jerks who are imagining that, > upon paying lots of money, we get our money's worth? Draw the > conclusions for yourself...
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