magiccarpetride;619097 Wrote:
> EVERYTHING pretty much vanishes under the double blind ABX test
> circumstances. That's the fact that invalidates such a clever test.
>
> You can read up on it all over the web -- people. experienced
> audiophiles, have reportedly never been able to pass ANY ABX tests with
> better than 51% batting average. Even when comparing shitty, $20 DVD
> players against multi thousand dollars players, or bottom line power
> amps with ten thousand dollars power amps, under ABX regime all the
> differences mysteriously melt away. In many reported cases, the test
> subjects would've achieved pretty much the same results had they simply
> chosen to toss a coin.
>
> It's a fact, try it for yourself. Take the best component you can find,
> pair it up with the shittiest one, and run the two components through
> double blind ABX. 7 times out of 15, you'll be wrong. 8 times out of
> 15, you'll be right. Or vice versa, same difference basically. Same
> goes for pretty much anybody else who'd be willing to join you in the
> testing exercise.
>
> That, plus, as I've mentioned, there is a huge body of already
> published evidence that pretty much exposes the same interesting
> phenomenon.
>
> Does this mean that we're just a bunch of jerks who are imagining that,
> upon paying lots of money, we get our money's worth? Draw the
> conclusions for yourself...
3/10
Don't feed the troll.
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