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Re: What makes you think that Mr. Atkinson's

>that is not the only problem with Mr. Atkinson's parable, just the
>one that is impossible to reliably mitigate against in a sighted
>test.

You continue to miss the point I was making, "audiohobby." There are
2 incontrovertible facts involved in my parable:

1) The solid-state amplifier could not be identified in the formal
blind test.

2) The solid-state amplifier did not satisfy me in long-term
listening, despite all the non-audio factors working in its favor.

And two articles of belief among so-called objectivists:

1) That blind tests, merely by being blind, are an effective means of
detecting audible differences.

2) Sighted listening tests are inherently unreliable, due to the
presence of non-audio factors.

If the facts behind my parable are true, then these two latter
beliefs are mutally incompatible. Either the blind test was
ineffective or the non-audio factors don't actually affect the
listener's reaction to any significant degree. You can't continue to
insist that both are correct.

John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile


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