ceejay;176207 Wrote: 
> We seem to have got diverted into an audiophile-forum navel gaving
> discussion about ABX vs A/B testing ....  as an engineer at heart, I
> have a strong objection to wasting time/money on unnecessary tests just
> because some philosophising theorist has pointed out that I haven't
> logically proved something yet.

Actually I specifically avoid bringing this up on the Audiophile forum,
because that's a place where, by definition, objectivity and
reproducibility aren't as important.  This is a technical forum, so
bringing up the fact that ABX is more authoritative than A/B is quite
relevant.

Double-blind tests are not some technicality that "some philosophizing
theorist" dreamed up to amuse himself.  They are an integral part of
the scientific method, and have been for decades.  As an engineer, you
should appreciate that.  A/B tests, on the other hand, only have value
when testing ...wait for it... placebos.


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