Patrick Dixon;218286 Wrote: > Good post. > > However, I think that identifying the source/method is an unnecessary > and overcomplicated step. You simply need to repeatedly be able to > detect a difference when there is one, and no difference when there > isn't. > > Identifying which is which is not required to prove that the two cases > are different, and trying to do it introduces a whole new set of > perceptive errors into the experiment. > > Once you have established a difference, you can then set about trying > to identify what that difference is, and whether one case is an > improvement on the other.
Well, I guess what this means in practice is that if OP did a proper blind test and wrongly identified the source 80-90% of the time, that would demonstrate an audible difference: though it would beg an interesting additional question as to why he preferred option A while sighted and option B while blind... Ceejay -- ceejay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36503 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
