drmatt wrote: > I remain skeptical that a test designed solely to make it hard to tell > the difference is representative of long term differentiation > capability. But that's just my opinion and we are very aware that many > people disagree with that.
The good news is that the listening tests I recommend were *never designed to make it hard to hear real differences*. That's an audiophile myth or more probably a dealer myth because audio dealers know that helping people make more rational choices are going to cost them money. The tests I recommend were designed to reduce or eliminate differences that don't matter, differences that are *not* representative of actual listening. For example, level matched is actually how we usually listen because we usually listen to just one set of components that are of course level matched with themselves. We're just eliniating a difference that is uniquely added when we compare compoents as opposed to listening to them for enjoyment. Audible differences due to listening level are trivial and nothing that anybody wants to pay for. Minimizing them is why audio systems have level controls - to allow you to listen at the level you want, and not affected by an accidentally introduced difference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ arnyk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64365 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106519 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
