Great stuff. I agree with the conclusions that a sample of audiophile enthusiasts can't reliably say which is better.
I would believe a stronger conclusion is possible, namely that such a group of people can't here any difference (better or worse). If we had a 100 takers of the study using the design as is (as I understand it). The overall result of the study could be 50:50 A:B but we are not sure whether it is because they can't agree which is better or whether they can't hear any difference at all. If 50 of people can't hear a difference they'd be 25:25 A:B. If the other 50 can here a difference and half of them believe A is better and the other half believe B is better they'd be 25:25 A:B. I think we need to at some point split out the two effects to understand it. >From a practical stand point of course if you can't tell which is better you are already not going to spend money on recordings/equipment. But of course if you cannot hear a difference that would be a little stronger argument? Louis 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/lrossouw) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101766 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
