jh901 wrote: > Julf, arnyk, and others: I do intend to round up a couple of academics > to administer the ABX. I'll likely take a look at a couple of links on > the topic, but I'm not interested in proving my level of expertise it > (which will be very little!). Of course, I'd think that anyone > following this will want to have as much confidence as possible in the > process and results. > > I will have a tougher time finding folks who will meet the minimum > standard for this effort on my own. I suppose I could cold call the > most appropriate department or two at CMU and see what happens. > Hopefully, one of you will know someone who knows someone at the very > least so that I can get the process moving. > > I'll intend to invest in a pair of cables from Radio Shack as soon as I > can get to it. I'm not sure what gauge or "model" to go for. The test > cable will be bare wire terminated whereas my 9 gauge Big Silver Oval > are not. Hopefully, that will be ok, else some accommodation will have > to be made. Of course I'll engage in my own sighted test. My > expectation is that the difference will be laughably obvious during > sighted testing. > _*I've_never_done_a_blind_test_so_the_first_time_will_be_the_official*_. > I'm not a "golden ear" expert. I just don't have that level of > experience. That said, I'm not one to drop a grand on speaker cables > when under $50 will perform just the same. > > I'm in no hurry and I do appreciate the support so far and I look > forward to just a tiny bit more from a few of you. Again, sincere > appreciation.
Yes, I don't mean this in a sarcastic way but it's obvious that you haven't done a blind test before - you don't realise what it entails as I've tried to point out in my advice. You are walking blindly into a test that will embarrass you & some people are very happy to let you do so. I predict that you will be turned down by all at CMU as they realise it would be a waste of their time unless you bring some experience of blind testing to the table & can show that you already can differentiate ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jkeny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96407 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
