joncourage;143943 Wrote: > Lot's of great theory here, coupled to well-thought-out philosophy of > the subject. (And everyone getting along so nicely!) Bright, educated > group, articulate. Impressive (and intimidating). Good Thread, OP.
Thanks - it was a pleasure to read the thread this morning. I hoped that doing the flaming in the initial post - and hence without target - we'd get a nicer discussion, which seems to have worked. Do people think that double-blind tests are genuinely accurate? It strikes me that there are two potential flaws: - The person is in a different mood. At the start of the second test he has just heard Time Out, and is about to hear it again. Therefore, I suggest that it is necessary to do the testing dozens of times, and see if the consensus is statistically indicative. Man that would be tiring! - I have always found that the important matters about hi-fi take a long time to assess. Do I find myself jumping up to put the next disc on? Am I transported to the live venue? Is this the right music for me to get into, right now? I like to test things for several days, and then go back to the original again to reconfirm my opinion. All an A-B does is show differences, which is not relevant to me. I need to know what the difference really means, in terms of my enjoyment of the music. So to conclude, I posit that double-blind testing may not always be an appropriate method of comparing gear. I think it is useful, but would treat the results with some caution. However, I recognise that my system of testing, by not being blind, cannot be scientific. Is there a third way? -- adamslim SB3 and Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28368 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
