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You're obfuscating. Or maybe not.

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In Reply to: RE: It's simple. posted by andy19191 on March 28, 2008 at 13:01:28

>>An experiment can be performed to measure whether a sound can or cannot be perceived under given circumstances. This is usually sufficient to a refute a claim that something can be perceived.<<

Only among uncreative techie types. No, this is a misunderstanding of what ABX can prove. Though it depends on the details (are you testing one person repreatedly, or a group?) a null result in an ABX test merely demonstrates that the "something" (using your language from above to avoid semantic games) was not established by the test. To relate it to audio, it shows that in that test, audibility was not proven. That's not the same thing as proving that it's inaudible. This really is just simple logic.

Jim

Follow Ups:

RE: You're obfuscating. Or maybe not. - andy19191 14:11:22 03/28/08 (3)
- There are two cases you need to consider: - Jim Austin 06:02:26 03/29/08 (2)
  - RE: There are two cases you need to consider: - andy19191 06:42:22 03/30/08 (1)
    - RE: There are two cases you need to consider: - Jim Austin 12:47:29 03/30/08 (0)

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