garym;611523 Wrote: > of course you could use your own music, take notes, etc. And DBT doesn't > mean that you listen to a snippit then switch and listen to another > snippit. You can listen for weeks at at time to one source or the > other. Take notes, etc. The key is that YOU, the listener, don't know > which "system" you are listening to until after you're done with the > experiment.Sounds interesting. I would think that single songs or snippets (switched or not between playback of the same selections) would increase the likelihood of being able to discern the difference.
garym;611523 Wrote: > Regarding the coat hanger speaker wire, the only point there is that > self professed audiophiles were not able to distinguish between high > quality speaker wire and a coat hanger in a controlled test. This > doesn't mean that there are not cables/wires that can make a > difference. But it does illustrate that self awareness is not as good > as many people think.The point I was trying to make is that possibly the > system was not sufficiently resolving to allow listeners to tell the difference, or, the room/music/situation was unfamiliar enough that the differences were masked, at least as far as the listeners' perceptions. Or maybe in that case, both wires actually did sound the same! -- Rick58 Bits: Azur 840C, Oppo 980H, SB Touch; Squiggles: Thorens TD-145 + Denon DL160; Pre-Heater: McIntosh C220; Heaters: Bottlehead Paramount 300B; Wavemakers: Triangle Titus, NHT SubOne ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rick58's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42940 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85681 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
