In Reply to: Blind testing assumes that one steps in the same river twice posted by Jay Buridan on November 7, 2016 at 14:46:05:
...would have had a field day with the Heraclitus quote back in the "Chihuahua" days on the PropHead forum. There were certainly a lot of objectivist "dogs" barking...lol
If I understand your point, I would say that double blind testing is less reliable due to the listener being in "different rivers" during the listening session.
That said, blind testing (double blind is too problematic to achieve in one's home IMHO) can be useful at times if one is unsure of what they're hearing. It's no substitute for long term listening, however.
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- Hifitommy... - kerr 07:11:46 11/11/16 (27)
- Dan, it was audioreview.com - hifitommy 13:38:50 11/13/16 (17)
- RE: Dan, it was audioreview.com - kerr 14:10:44 11/14/16 (16)
- Now - E-Stat 15:06:00 11/14/16 (15)
- RE: Now - kerr 04:09:49 11/15/16 (14)
- H2 - hifitommy 08:52:03 11/17/16 (4)
- H2. Home for a small band of idiots posing as weekend scientists - Analog Scott 14:05:06 11/19/16 (1)
- H2. Home for a small band of idiots - hifitommy 21:52:34 11/19/16 (0)
- I'm just happy... - kerr 12:06:32 11/17/16 (1)
- You are frequently reminded - E-Stat 09:49:30 11/18/16 (0)
- Oh, my - E-Stat 06:31:01 11/15/16 (8)
- Gotta love objectivist on objectivist forum violence - Analog Scott 14:08:14 11/19/16 (0)
- LMAO!!!!! - kerr 12:19:45 11/15/16 (6)
- Isn't that link a gem? - E-Stat 13:56:25 11/15/16 (5)
- A quitessential example of the disconnect between objectivists and their pet peeve... - Analog Scott 14:15:52 11/19/16 (0)
- RE: Isn't that link a gem? - SpotcheckBilly12345 07:03:59 11/16/16 (1)
- RE: Isn't that link a gem? - kerr 13:21:28 11/16/16 (0)
- This militant mediocrist-on-militant mediocrist violence must stop!!! (nt) - kerr 14:37:32 11/15/16 (1)
- LOL!!! -nt - E-Stat 15:46:39 11/15/16 (0)
- My point is that blind and sighted testing are unreliable in different ways - Jay Buridan 18:18:05 11/11/16 (8)
- RE: My point is that blind and sighted testing are unreliable in different ways - kerr 13:56:33 11/14/16 (0)
- blind and sighted - hifitommy 13:34:07 11/13/16 (0)
- RE: My point is that blind and sighted testing are unreliable in different ways - hahax@verizon.net 19:01:56 11/11/16 (5)
- RE: My point is that blind and sighted testing are unreliable in different ways - andy_c 23:36:52 11/24/16 (0)
- I like the speakers that Toole designed for Infinity - Jay Buridan 11:00:13 11/12/16 (3)
- Toole didn't design any Infinity speakers, or any Harman speakers for that matter (nt) - andy_c 23:56:28 11/24/16 (1)
- You're right. Designer was Allan Devantier - Jay Buridan 04:58:44 11/25/16 (0)
- holding the bag (their bags)... Ouch! - hifitommy 13:35:25 11/13/16 (0)