Julf wrote: > "Objectivists who always claim to never have heard a difference" - not > even a straw man, maybe a straw puppy? But someone is definitely > grasping at straws. Well let's just look at this recent example from Garym who claims he would never accept listening results unless they were carefully controlled blind tests.
When asked for his results he cited many null results & some positive result on low bitrate lossy codec When asked for any non-null results of audio devices where he was able to discern an audible difference in these tests, he could only cite ONE - a computer's line out Vs a feed to a DAC. He made excuses that he seldom tests audio devices yet he started his posting on this thread with the bullish claim that no listening except carefully controlled blind listening was acceptable to him. It doesn't give anyone great hope that these home administered blind tests are in any way useful at discerning differences, does it? So "essentially worthless" would be the phrase Garym used. I find lots of these sorts of statements made - "*if they are not carefully constructed double-blind tests, then they are essentially worthless" *& yet when questioned, it quickly emerges that it's a belief system that they apply to others but if truth be told, not to themselves - "*Then again I rarely have any reason to do tests on my audio stuff"*. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jkeny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103842 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
