Julf wrote: > Yes, I am sure you would be disappointed, but positive results in a > sighted test only tell you that there *might* be differences, not that > there actually are. I am sure you are familiar with the large number of > cases where people have heard differences in sighted listening, only to > find out that the switch box didn't actually switch anything. > > If there are audible differences identifies in the sighted listening, > and the listeners can identify what they are and focus on them, they > _*should_be*_ able to hear the differences in a double-blind situation > too. Not only that, but the differences _*should_be*_ measurable too.
Here we have the first issue that I anticipated - accounting for the difference between _*SHOULD_BE*_ & _*ARE*_. There are many reasons why blind tests don't work & I'm not a fan of home-administered blind testing - you have stated you are of the same opinion. By & large I think they are worthless because there are so many factors that negatively influence the results so that a null result is invariably the outcome. Although you have stated you agree with this you now are pushing for acceptance of a home-administered blind test as of value without addressing any of the pitfalls that make these tests worthless. Instead you are suggesting that, even if the participants can consistently & readily identify audible differences with the Regen in use, you will disregard this evidence if blind tests (you don;t qualify them in any way) show null results & measurements show no difference (highly likely) Why not put some effort into suggesting how the blind test might be made more likely to actual be a test of audibility & not a demonstration of how easy it is to confuse auditory perception? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jkeny's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35192 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103842 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
