In Reply to: Why the industry can't afford BT or DBT listening tests posted by stehno on March 30, 2015 at 00:19:29:
Steh,
without regard to the merits of your arguements, ANOTHER reason that DBT is not attempted more often is that it is nearly impossible to actually DO.
It may be possible to arrange such tests for something simple, maybe power cords or interconnects, but as soon as you start chaining stuff together, it gets weird.
I did experiments when working semiconductor processing. One task was to optimize a process. I had maybe 8 or so variables. The number of tests was HUGE so I had to 'make a few assumptions' simply to limit the number of required tests. And this was with output that was ALL MEASURABLE and in no way 'opinion'.
I'd LOVE to figure out how to actually compare stuff for 'best'. Heck, you can't even get 5 'audiophiles' (randomly selected) to agree on break-in or what CABLE sounds best. Good luck with DBT.
One guy who has offered money to anyone who in HIS test can reliably (a statistic) tell the difference between amps has NEVER paid. Few even pass the 'qualifying' test, let alone when the big bucks are on the line.
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