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In Reply to: You need to read again what I said posted by E-Stat on October 18, 2010 at 06:18:56:
Now you want to argue about something else. I have shown DBTs have been done on expensive cables--but I don't see you apologizing for saying mtrycrafts lied.
Now you bring up the alleged faults of the ABX box. But here again, you show you don't understand about the null hypothesis. You ask for proof that something makes no difference! You sometimes get it straight that the null hypothesis cannot be proven, but then you turn around and whine about it:
E-stat
"We already know the unverified assumption that the ABX box and its additional cables doesn't affect the results."
You have a singular lack of evidence that it has any audible influence on the results. E. Brad Meyer has given me permission to post this text of his to AA:
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"I understand that an old issue has arisen here concerning the supposition that the ABX box is not only audible when inserted into a signal chain, but also somehow spoils the sound passing though it, rendering previously audible differences inaudible. To anyone at all familiar with Ohm's law, this would be akin to magic -- and is certainly far enough out of the ordinary to be an extraordinary claim, requiring extraordinary proof. I am talking about proof that is required of those claiming audibility; it is certainly not a requirement for anyone conducting such a test to prove that the box is NOT spoiling the sound.
"Here are the facts: Instead of a six-foot connecting cable between the source and the line-level input, the signal goes through a three-foot cable, an RCA jack, an inch of hookup wire, a reed relay with a resistance of about 0.3 ohms (this is in a circuit where the input impedance at the far end exceeds 10 kOhms), though another inch of hookup wire to a second RCA jack, and then another three-foot cable. Yes, two sources are connected to the ABX relay module input. Only one at a time is connected to the output, and in any event having both connected is no different than having two sources connected to a preamp at the same time -- a configuration that I daresay describes virtually all systems out there.
"The original claim, in print, that an early version of the ABX box somehow ruined the sound was made in TAS by John Cooledge (not sure I spelled the name right but everyone remembers JWC). His assertion was entirely unsupported by any evidence other than his personal testimony, based on non-blind listening. I do not consider it credible given the electrical parameters involved. I can't prove he didn't hear anything, of course, but I can't prove that the universe wasn't created ten seconds ago, and neither question really interests me. If anyone wants to blind-test the box, I'd be happy to hear how that goes.
"If you don't think double-blind testing is necessary or helpful, well, perhaps you are the first person in history who can't be fooled, and good for you. But the experience of people who do try it has never, in my experience, been that the test setup changes anything. All the differences we or our subjects hear in sighted tests remain with the box in place, as long as we're just listening to A or B. It's just when X is pressed that things seem to get difficult. I have had a subject (this was in a demo at and AES convention) swear to me that what he heard when X was pressed was different from BOTH A and B, though A and B were the only sources around. And it doesn't really matter whether you use the box, either. That's just a convenience that makes it possible to do the test more easily. Hiding the source from yourself, by any means, is the essential, and the really vexing, thing."
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Follow Ups
- Changing your ground again. - Pat D 07:22:14 10/18/10 (3)
- Evidence? - Tony Lauck 07:50:25 10/18/10 (0)
- Your memory fails you again - E-Stat 07:33:22 10/18/10 (1)
- RE: Your memory fails you again - Pat D 10:23:28 10/19/10 (0)
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