09-Dec-2016, 01:58
(08-Dec-2016, 23:44)Gremlin Wrote: Yes it does. That's because there are otherwise too many compounding variables. Human hearing is fickle at best, as is memory, and expectation bias can be huge. Even if you know about expectation bias you (and all of us) will still be subject to it. Level matched ABX blind testing is the only way to tell.
Those really are facts.
Gremlin, you seem to be quite obsessed with blind ABX testing so I want to ask you a question; When you went out to buy your audio gear did you:
A. Have a listen with your own music on different systems at a dealer. Maybe pick a few and try them at home to make sure they were fit for purpose.
B. Have a listen with your own music on different systems at a dealer. Then organise a blind ABX test at home with some of the chosen gear and then picked what you thought was best.
C. Picked what you bought by reading reviews from people who do ABX tests for everything they review and then told you that that was the best gear to buy.
The point I'm trying to make here is that when you are crossing a road and you hear a car coming from your left you jump out of the way because your left ear warned you there's a car coming. Why would you rely on just your left ear that, by your reasoning is totally unreliable, in a life and death situation but need a blind ABX test to hear the difference between two pieces of audio equipment? Please enlighten me because you make absolutely no sense to me whatsoever.
Cheers,
Pim
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Dynaudio C1 MkII.
Jim Smith's GBS.
Northern NSW Australia.
