I think the facts are with the majority's side. My experience of blind listening was educational and humbling! However, there is a bit of glibness going on I feel because I wager none of us listened blind when choosing our loudspeakers.
Now, the traditional excuse is that the differences between loudspeakers are much greater than sources. This is measurably and patently true. However, several blind loudspeaker shootouts have demonstrated listeners cannot even distinguish between loudspeakers. So perhaps the reason we feel it's less important to listen blind to loudspeakers is the slightly less rational reason that it's difficult! Be careful not to cut down the branch you sit on. I am not too sure blind tests really prove anything. They just highlight probabilities and perhaps help us put things in perspective and impart some humility, if we're lucky. As an aside directed at non-one, interesting that it's not the Placebo Delusion or Placebo Mirage but the Placebo EFFECT. For it does have real effects. Forget about hearing better sound, such effects can include healing genuine sickness! The mind and body are a wonderful thing. Darren Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Tapatalk 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97489 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
