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. > MCR, Nonsense. First of all, I have heard differences blind. Second, there is a plenty of evidence online that others hear differences blind on a regular basis.
You might want to rephrase that. Or better - and more beneficial to your good self - would be to try some proper blind listening for yourself. Discussion and theory can only take you so far. Regards, Darren -- darrenyeats http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/richpub/listmania/byauthor/A3H57URKQB8AQO/ref=cm_pdp_content_listmania/203-7606506-5721503. SB3, SB Touch SqueezeControl for Android ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=86419 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
