In Reply to: "fraudulent shucksters of "snake-oil" are playing on the uninformed audiophile's susceptibility to suggestion" = ??????? posted by Richard BassNut Greene on January 29, 2009 at 09:05:58:
to sell it anyway, just to make money?" That is the essence of the argument.
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- Who decides if "...a few people who think their audio product or tweak makes no audible difference, but decide - Norm 06:58:59 01/30/09 (27)
- RE: Who decides if "...a few people who think their audio product or tweak makes no audible difference, but decide - Richard BassNut Greene 13:20:04 01/30/09 (26)
- RE: Do people other than audiophiles try to sell tweaks? - rick_m 07:57:26 02/03/09 (1)
- I meant selling audio tweaks to audiophiles - Richard BassNut Greene 09:09:06 02/03/09 (0)
- So it is you who decides? You are in an entirely untenable position of saying only you or a select few are the - Norm 19:52:35 01/31/09 (4)
- I'm trying to decide if you are annoying or very annoying - Richard BassNut Greene 08:32:34 02/02/09 (3)
- I hope so! You continue with your unscientific nonsense. - Norm 10:04:28 02/02/09 (2)
- You've helped me decide - Richard BassNut Greene 12:58:58 02/02/09 (1)
- I knew long ago. It is part of teaching research methods for 40 years. nt - Norm 07:38:30 02/04/09 (0)
- Gotta question for ya - E-Stat 15:54:43 01/30/09 (18)
- RE: "I don't have the foggiest concept of placement or connection of a Jar of Rocks." - geoffkait 04:49:37 01/31/09 (14)
- By all means, then - E-Stat 07:29:24 01/31/09 (13)
- RE: "You'll find that I'm certainly not tweak averse. " - geoffkait 09:40:54 01/31/09 (12)
- You still haven't answered the original question - E-Stat 09:54:05 01/31/09 (11)
- RE: You still haven't answered the original question - geoffkait 09:58:09 01/31/09 (10)
- I really didn't expect an intelligent response from you - E-Stat 10:11:16 01/31/09 (9)
- RE: "How could you control the tester's knowledge of the presence or absence of the DUT?" - geoffkait 10:28:52 01/31/09 (8)
- While your knee was busy jerking you around - E-Stat 10:54:32 01/31/09 (7)
- RE: "How can you ensure the tester(s) are unaware of the changes they must affect for the use of the tweak?" - geoffkait 12:20:20 01/31/09 (6)
- Simple explanation - E-Stat 13:00:37 01/31/09 (5)
- A more serious method... - Tony Lauck 14:22:56 01/31/09 (1)
- Your complex test *simulation* example - E-Stat 14:30:02 02/01/09 (0)
- RE: Simple explanation - geoffkait 14:12:07 01/31/09 (2)
- Once again, my commentary - E-Stat 15:34:24 01/31/09 (1)
- RE: "...difference between single and double blind tests. Yours were of the single variety." - geoffkait 16:03:28 01/31/09 (0)
- Got an answer for ya - Tony Lauck 17:55:59 01/30/09 (2)
- careful... - CD 16:20:20 01/31/09 (0)
- That's it!!!! - E-Stat 07:44:30 01/31/09 (0)