darrenyeats wrote: > Well, I zoned in on the last track, in fact the first two notes of the > first track. > > Here were my results (I won't refer to A or B, because I don't want to > influence anyone else, I shall refer to Vanilla and Chocolate, but I > won't tell you if Chocolate or Vanilla is A or B!) > > I created a playlist of just the Chocolate and Vanilla version of the > last track (piano) and I did a blind test in "rounds", each round I > randomly shuffled the playlist, hit next several times, and tried to > determine if I liked one or the other. > > On the first round I liked Chocolate. So after that, I just tried to > pick that likeable Chocolate sound. > > Basically, I zoomed through the first three rounds, and picked Chocolate > each time. I heard a clear difference. > > Fourth and fifth rounds I was starting to think there might be something > in it. Picked Chocolate relatively quickly both times. > > Sixth and seventh rounds I picked Chocolate somewhat quickly and by this > time I was excited because I was convinced it wasn't luck. > > Eighth round I picked Vanilla. I rushed it but forgiveable. > > Ninth round I picked Chocolate but I really struggled and it took > longer. Perhaps my confidence was knocked by round eight. > > Tenth round, I'd really lost it. Cars and ice-cream vans passing outside > disturbed the quiet, I grumbled, I sighed, I got sweaty and twitchy. I > spent 2-3 minutes going back and forth and picked Vanilla. > > I tried listening to some other music and coming back, but at the moment > I can't determine a difference, I've definitely lost it! However, I will > choose Chocolate on the survey because I preferred it when I thought I > was hearing the difference, I can remember the nature of the difference > I thought I heard, and I can remember being confident. > > I tried to keep the above as factual as possible, you may have your own > interpretation of the story. Personally, I feel what happened is > consistent with my previous statements about fatigue with blind tests. > > PS: Just remembered, the Touch started getting very laggy and > unresponsive, intermittently, for up to 20 seconds, nearer the end of > the test. Not sure if this had any relevance (beyond raising my blood > pressure!) > > PPS: I was fully expecting (and secretly hoping) I wouldn't hear any > difference at all. Almost all my collection is 16 bit so if I'm really > hearing a difference, this could be bad ...! I will try again later and > report back.
Nice play-by-play... We shall see which was chocolate see enough :-). Archimago's Musings: (archimago.blogspot.com) A 'more objective' audiophile blog. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archimago's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=101386 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
