Sorry to drag the SB+ into it. It's not relevant and it wasn't my intention to bring it up. I don't have any agenda other than to produce the highest fidelity sound with my system, and to understand why.
On this issue of long-term versus short-term A/B comparisons, there is some research on the topic. It demonstrates that auditory memory is quite short-lived - in other words that people are much more sensitive at distinguishing subtle differences when the sounds are played close together in time (a few seconds apart, typically). Huge quantities of other research across many fields has proven what Darren mentions above - that psychological suggestion is both unpredictable and extremely powerful, and unless removed is likely to determine the results of any experiment like this. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37553 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
