AndreasG Wrote: > > Imagine you would have to compare two colours, or two shades of grey > and decide which one is brighter. This is very easy if you see them > next to each other, it will be very hard if some time passes between > seeing the one and the other. Adaption is the reason for that.But you're > making an analogy between sound (rather than music) and colour. You don't enjoy music in an instant, you enjoy it over a period of time.
Interestingly, the medical industry (which is often cited as an equivalent example of the use of blind or double blind testing), would never dream of conducting a test over a very short period - they compare the effects of a drug or treatment over weeks or months. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22273 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
