TheOctavist wrote: > I have done this often to bands I record(or to myself). I do a take, and > hit a switch on , say an eq only to hear "damn that was good" ...but I > hadn't engaged anything at all, but put it from OFF into bypass mode. . > > > I do this with bands too. ill say "im going to change this compressor a > bit" and without doing anything, I replay the take, they go "damn brah, > that sounds much better"
This is the opposite of a double blind test, it's an schoolbook example of expectation bias, one factor you remove with a properly designed double blind test, and clearly demonstrates why it is necessary with a double blind test. If I "know" you are now playing the "better" system I tend to "hear" that. If you cant tell two systems apart, one of which in a sighted test exhibits an immidiate, "blow you away", 100* better difference, without knowing which system you are listening to my bet is on expectation bias. This has nothing to do with your right to buy expensive violet cables and feeling better when listening to your music. But, if you can't tell them apart from much cheaper cables in a double blind test you should be honest to yourself and admit it's not the "better" cable per se that is causing your added pleasure, maybe it's because you can afford the "best" cables, or the cables someone you regards as a audiophile guru? Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mikael_b's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44876 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94418 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
