InTheBath;636757 Wrote: > Surely blind testing doesn't determine preferences at all? Did you mean > the opposite of what you wrote? > If my preference is for a blue power cord on the stereo - and music > sounds better to me with that power cord in place - then blind testing > isn't going to show that. > > M.
No I meant exactly what I said... it can determine preferences BASED ON THEIR SOUND. If you hear and prefer A rather than B then that's great...buy A. If you can see what A and B are, often you will choose one or the other based on various factors, one of which may or may not be how they sound. Your blue cable example is exactly what I am saying... if you can't hear any difference blind, then (to you) there IS NO DIFFERENCE. If you only hear a difference when you can see the blue cable then we are no longer discussing audio and discussing your preference for "the blue cable". -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - Audiolense 3.3/2.0+INGUZ DRC - MF M1 DAC - Linn 5103 - full Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Pekin Tuner, Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Belden Digital,Kimber 8TC Speaker & Chord Signature Plus Interconnect cables Stax4070+SRM7/II phones Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio, Harmony One remote for everything. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88345 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
