We've been here a few times, but it is hard to resist! The differences between speakers are gross - there are huge frequency response differences. One would expect these would be relatively easy to pick up in blind testing.
But digital sources are much more similar is such gross terms. All those things that you can easily pick up in quick tests are not relevant for these. If you can spot it, great, but I do not accept that the inability to pick out digital sources reliably in such tests is meaningful. Could one do a long-term blind test: have an SB3 and a Transporter both in the system, have someone unconnected with the trial decide which actually plugs into the amp (maybe via a 'black box') and get the listener to mark which he thinks he is listening to, or how much he is enjoying it, or something. I don't care, it's Sibelius on the Proms tonight :) Adam -- adamslim Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others http://www.last.fm/user/AdamSlim/ 'Last.fm group: people who don't listen to any of last.fm's top artists' (http://www.last.fm/group/People+who+don%27t+listen+to+any+of+last.fm%27s+top+artists) SB+, EAR 859, Living Voice Auditorium II plus some other stuff SB3, Shek d2, Ming-Da MC84-C, Harbeth HL-P3ES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 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
