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In Reply to: RE: It's all about the design and build. To isolate one particular component requires a perfect platform...doesn't posted by xaudiomanx on February 18, 2017 at 07:42:52
The best way to settle that is by double-blind testing. And be always suspicious of those who claim DB testing is not trustworthy--they usually have a vested interest in claiming that!
Chris
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The problem is that snap judgements are just as problematic as unblinded testimony. To do it right, you'd need for the tester to be blinded for several listening sessions lasting several hours and listening to a variety of musical genres, using capacitor A (or whatever component A), for example. And then to go through the same process, blinded, using capacitor B. And then ideally back to capacitor A. After THAT exhaustive process, I might believe my own ears (but not necessarily someone elses). We think we know and can remember what something sounded like after 5-10 minutes, but we are delusional.
Agreed. External validity matters.
91.
"Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems to characterise our age." Albert Einstein
Why not try training the ears like the expert wine tasters who can get down to village level in the origin? I am quite willing to wager heavily that the learning process is not blind.
cheers,
Douglas
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