magiccarpetride;687918 Wrote: > People claim that sighted tests are useless. I disagree. Here is why: > > Suppose a man, who is an eligible bachelor, gets presented with two > young single women -- one drop dead gorgeous looking, another > horrendously ugly looking. You probably won't have tough time guessing > which of the two would that guy choose to have sex with (this being a > 'sighted' test). > > But turn the lights off, and do you think the guy would be able to > discern whether the woman he had sex with in total darkness is a good > looking or an ugly looking one? I don't think so. > > Still, despite the fact that this man comes to the realization that in > total darkness both women are equally capable of fully satisfying his > sexual appetite, 100 times out of 100 he'll still go for the good > looking one. > > So you see, sighted tests are meaningful and they do mean a lot to us. > They make sense. Don't fight it... Well duh! Obviously sighted tests are useful when you are choosing something based on a visual aesthetic. In fact, they are the ONLY useful test for that. ironically in your highly chauvinistic example, you have every chance of making the wrong choice, depending on your measure of success! 50 times out of 100 he will In fact make the wrong decision, for the wrong reason.
I'm not sure how you can wilfully misunderstand that "sighted test" doesn't necessarily involve the visual senses! it just means that the tester is aware of exactly what they are testing and are thus subject to expectation bias. -- 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/W7)+Teddy Pardo PSU - 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,VdH Toslink,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=93379 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
