ar-t;373205 Wrote: > > So, yes, I realise that just because someone says that they hear a > difference does not really mean that they do. >
Good anecdote - and FYI that experiment has been done many times, always with that same result (and not just in audio; that kind of thing is the bread-and-butter of cognitive psychology experiments). Basically if you ask someone "which sounds better" they're going to try their hardest to hear a difference just to live up to the task, and most of the time they'll "succeed". Actually that's one reason ABX is superior to AB. In ABX, you know for sure X is either A or B, so you can focus on just trying to figure out which one X sounds closer to (and even then it's still easy to fool yourself). In AB (as in, "which do you prefer, A or B?") the question you're asked is more vague and open-ended, which makes it easier for your brain to get in your way like that. -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56712 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
