NoRoDa;699015 Wrote: > I know there are a lot of people that will say I'm wrong. > But did you listen without knowing what you are listening to? > You'll need two SBTs to do this ;) > > Regards
Now you are aware that this is the "audiophiles" section of the forum and that blind or double blind listening tests are considered worthless, especially when these tests result in finding out almost all audiophile beliefs are just myths. In fact, all listening tests, whether sighted, blind or double blind, which involve direct comparisons between two similar components (e.g. speakers, amps, SBTs, etc.) are strictly forbidden. For example take this quote from Michael Fremer's review of the MBL Radialstrahler 101E Mk. II loudspeaker which appears in the April 2012 issue of Stereophile: "Although my entire system has changed in the eight years since the first version of the 101E Radialstrahler was here, I feel confident saying that the sound of the Mk. II is more refined and well behaved, and far more capable of speaking with a uniform, focused voice." As you can see by the above quote, direct comparison is not only not needed but reviewers of high end audio equipment (equipment which, as is the case with the MBL Radialstrahler 101E Mk. II loudspeaker, often costs tens of thousands of dollars) can make comparisons based on simple long term memory and using a completely different set up. Hopefully you will soon find a source for some of the magic audiophile kool-aid which once consumed will enable you to understand the error of your ways and allow you to make similar comparisons based on long term memory alone. As an added bonus you will then also be able to detect things like unmeasurable jitter, 100kHz harmonics and whether the electricity used to power your equipment is made by wind, solar, fossil fuel or nuclear power. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94418 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
