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Re: The Inquisition Continues

>Perhaps you didn't read my essay carefully? Perhaps you didn't
>comprehend what I wrote? My point was that all the non-audio >factors were working _in favor_ of the solid-state power amplifier.

Well, you are touching at the heart of why sighted test are inherently weaker than blind tests, the non-audio factors at play are not at the sole discretion of the observer, neither is the observer neccessarily aware of all his/her biases, a priori knowledge brings to the fore all biases not just biases the observer is aware of at the time of the test. A priori knowledge is skewing factor irrespective of the duration of the test.

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