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In Reply to: Why blind listening tests are crucial posted by 3db on March 26, 2015 at 09:12:05:
on lip movements. Years ago, I had a customer who was born in Russia. While I could understand what Angelina said pretty well when I was in her presence, I had the darndest time with her on the phone. I couldn't fill in the missing pieces.
Listening to audio systems exercises different parts of perception. It's not as if we're looking at a symphony and hearing a rock band. I tend to listen to music in the dark or with my eyes closed to focus on the space and the complexity of what I'm hearing. I was trying to imagine watching a speaker driver mimic the human mouth. :)
As for biases, we all have them but they are not as cut and dry as some suggest like the usual "if it costs more, it sounds better". I've been in many a comparison where the value of the components is pretty much the same. My preferences were based upon my perception of how they rendered the music, not the dollar signs since clearly there was no difference. In one particular case, the one I preferred was cosmetically the ugly duckling as compared to the other. Both were unknown brands to me at the time.
The smaller brother to that ugly duckling has been in my main system now for fourteen years. :)
I don't have a problem with blind testing, but do not agree that if you can't hear a difference between two DUT using the instantaneous Cowboy style switching method then no difference can exist. I very much find that long term listening to familiar content is far more valuable.
Similarly, one must ensure that the methodology used is verified (scientific conrols, anyone?) and free from flaws, most usually those based solely upon someone's set of unproven assumptions. I have seen numerous flawed control-free tests where the mechanism used for the testing ends up blending characteristics from each DUT such that there really is no true comparison of A vs B.
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