Any devices which have system-wide audible effects are difficult to blind test.
These are not the same audible difference as the Regen produces but it's educational looking at the descriptions in the Gearslutz thread I linked to earlier. This is an example of what's needed to do useful blind tests. Note the first problem is identifying the particular audible feature that is changed - the training period. Second problem is that it's very difficult to keep the focus on only this aspect during blind testing. It's useful to take breaks during this monotonous blind : > -It took me a **lot** of training. I listened for a dozen wrong things > before I settled on the aspects below.- > > -I try to visualize the point source of every single instrument in the > mix--that's why I picked a complex mix for this trial. I pinpoint > precisely where each instrument is, and especially its distance from the > listener. Problem is, both versions already have *some* spatial depth > and placement, it's only a matter of deciding which one is deeper, and > more precise.- > -"I tried to listen for soundstage depth and accurate detail. It took a > lot of training repetitions, and remains a holistic impression, not any > single feature I can easily point to. It seems to me that the 192 files > have the aural analogue of better focus. To train, I would try to hear > *precisely* where in front of me particular sound features were located, > in two dimensions: left-to-right, and closer-to-further away--the foobar > tool would then allow me to match up which two were easier to precisely > locate. - > -"Keeping my attention focused for a proper aural listening posture is > brutal. It is VERY easy to drift into listening for frequency > domains--which is usually the most productive approach when recording > and mixing. Instead I try to focus on depth of the soundstage, the sound > picture I think I can hear.- > -"Caveats--Program material is crucial. Anything that did not pass > through the air on the way to the recording material, like ITB synth > tracks, I'm completely unable to detect; only live acoustic sources give > me anything to work with.- > -It is *very* easy to get off on a tangent, listening for a certain > brightness or darkness, for the timbre balance in one part, several > parts, or all--this immediately introduces errors, even though this type > of listening is much more likely to be what I am and need to be doing > when recording and mixing a new track. - > > -Once I am able to repeatedly focus just on spatial focus/accuracy--4 > times in a row, for X & Y, and A & B--then I can hit the target. Get > lazy even one time, miss the target."- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
