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On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 07:48:10 -0400, "Clyde Slick"
<YustabeSlim@comcast.net> wrote:

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>"Stewart Pinkerton" <patent3@dircon.co.uk> wrote in message 
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>> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 18:13:32 -0400, "Clyde Slick"
>> <YustabeSlim@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>>"Harry Lavo" <hlavo@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>>> "Clyde Slick" <YustabeSlim@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>>>>> "Stewart Pinkerton" <patent3@dircon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>>>>> On 11 Jul 2005 17:27:35 -0700, calcerise@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Arny isn't too keen on actually listening to audio products, since
>>>>>>>they should all sound the same according to tests.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>In level-matched blind listening tests, these three
>>>>>> players sound identical - as any reasonable person would expect.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Damn it, there are those pesky expectation effects again.
>>>>
>>>> Clyde, don't you know that "expectation effects" only apply to those of 
>>>> us
>>>> who disagree?  Has nothing to do with those who *know* there is no
>>>> difference.  :-)
>>>
>>>And the abx test removes our expectations, yet leaves their expectations 
>>>in.
>>>It is a more biased test than subjective listening!!!
>>>ABX is hideously flawed.
>>
>> Bullshit. What you mean is that ABX doesn't support your absolute
>> knowledge that 'high-end' designer label gear *must* sound better than
>> 'Chinky cheapies'.
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>It doesn't support it because it is inherently designed
>to purposefully support the opposite conclusion.
>It is NOT a neutral test. It does not remove
>the expectation effects of those who
>have preconceived notions that there are no differences.

Clearly you have no idea that these tests are used every day by major
audio manufacturers, for the precise purpose of *revealing* small but
real audible differences made by their R&D guys. Cretin.

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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering