Patrick Dixon wrote: > opaqueice;220730 Wrote: >> Yeah, absolutely, it does demonstrate that, and it's very useful >> information.My view is that it absolutely doesn't do this reliably! > > I think the only thing you can reliably determine from a A/B test > (blind or otherwise), is whether you can determine a difference. You > need to listen over a longer period, with a wider, more > representative selection of music, to be sure you know which one you > prefer. On a short test, you can often be seduced by something that > has more impact, whereas a longer test will reveal any shortcomings.
+1 One example is listening fatigue. > > opaqueice;220730 Wrote: >> The feeling I usually come away with after a blind test is how >> subtle the differences (if any) actually are, contrary to what I >> had thought while doing a sighted comparison. That's really helped >> me put things in perspective and focus on the aspects of audio >> reproduction that actually make a big difference. > > The differences are subtle, but it is just those subtleties that are > the difference between reasonable sound quality and something that > really engages you. That's what being an audiophile is all about. > And after all, the differences between two different performances of > the same music, or two kinds of the same instrument, can also be very > subtle too. +1 R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
