Patrick Dixon;220993 Wrote: > The one you did with NYCPhil That wasn't intended as a careful test, but in essence it was an AB/X or AB/XY test. In other words, we listened to known sources first (A and B) and then attempted to determine whether X (an unknown source) was A or B. There was no attempt to determine which sounded better. This is one of the standard methodologies in audio testing, and it doesn't introduce any extraneous questions or mental tasks, so I'm not sure what you're objecting to.
> > I wasn't entirely sure what 'research' you were referring to (there > didn't seem to be any references in your post) - but anyway, just how > does your audio memory research (above) relate to the enjoyment of > reproduced audio in a home environment? I can dig up some references if you really want. As you keep emphasizing, this discussion isn't (yet) about enjoyment, it's about whether there's any difference at all. If there's no difference, you can spend your money on aspects that actually matter, hence increasing your enjoyment :-). > > So in summary, there's noting wrong with DBT, it just the way that > people try to apply it to music reproduction is generally completely > inappropriate. As for length of test, you've again completely ignored my point, which is that short tests are demonstrably more sensitive than long ones. No one I know conducts blind tests in any other way than AB/X or AB/XY; in other words, asks only whether there is a difference. I have seen a few tests on the internet that did something else, and I agree it's not optimal (although it really shouldn't matter unless the differences are so small as to be just barely perceptible). -- 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
