Fair point, but no one said the tests all have to be done in the same sitting, or even the same day. Or for that matter, with the same piece of music. In fact, that would be a really bad way to do ABX testing. A better way would be one that takes into account the different types of music one listens to and the different moods we find ourselves in.
That said, I am sure that some people -- because of lack of time or patience -- do marathon sessions of playing a few tracks, or snippets of tracks over and over until it borders torture. I agree that little if anything would be gained from that. Strictly speaking it wouldn't necessarily be biased, but it would be useless. However, I disagree that a good test only leaves you exactly where you started. Well designed tests can rule out the placebo effect. In other words, one can subjectively say that component X makes a night-vs-day difference compared to component Y, and then be unable to distinguish the two objectively in a blind ABX test. If a listener cannot objectively tell the difference, but is happier knowing that component X is in his rack instead of component Y, that is something different. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82600 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
