Rowe, Christopher;235377 Wrote: > >Jitterbug;235324 Wrote: > >> This should be interesting; Pear Cable has accepted the challenge. > >> > >> "...Michael Fremer, writer for Stereophile Magazine and > musicangle.com, > >> has agreed to double-blind listening tests to prove that cables can > be > >> differentiated sonically..." > >> > >> > http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/calling-bullshit/pear-cable-accepts-1-million > -challenge- > >do-7250-cables-sound-better-or-not-311034.php > > > >Yes, this should be interesting. I've seen reports about previous > >challenges that suggest Randi usually finds an excuse NOT to go ahead > >with the testing. I've no idea if that's true, but this may be a > good > >test... > > Those reports sound biased themselves, putting it in that way (ie > using > the word 'excuse'). One might also find that Randi detects some bias > or > flaw or cheat in the challenger's proposed testing procedure that the > challenger isn't prepared to adjust, and that's why the test doesn't > go > ahead.
You may be right, which is why I'll be watching this with interest. The word 'excuse' was my own, by the way - the article was much more even handed. I just wish I could find the link! -- gcogger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gcogger's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12954 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38902 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
