Jitterbug;300206 Wrote: > Besides the predictable correlation between price and perceived quality, > the other point that appeared poignant was that under blind tests, > connoiseurs preferred the more expensive wines, while novices preferred > the cheaper ones. It is not a stretch to believe that a sophistication > develops with hearing as much as it does with taste. It at least must > call into the question the conclusions of some of the DBTs done with > non-audiphiles.
Why does the fact that someone who drinks a lot of wine invalidate the preference of someone who doesn't? What defines what is "better" in a wine? Does "better" mean "preferred by some specific person"? The thing with wine is that it's _all_ about preference, all that matters is that the person drinking it likes it. You might think it tastes like pigswill, and that's just fine. With audio on the other hand, there is at least one objective aim, which is accuracy to the source material. Once you get into the subjective (I _prefer_ the sound of this amp) then science goes out the window, and frankly, it's not worth talking about as everyone's preference is their own. And that's ignoring the fact that the vast majority of DBT testing of audio gear is about deciding whether there's a difference at all, not whether there's a preference. If the wine people all agree that the wine tastes different, they just don't agree on which is "best" I'd say you're right back into the subjective - which isn't where most arguments on this forum tend to lie. -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47395 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
