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Article #318Re: Any Sony CD Guru out there?
From: Stewart Pinkerton
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 06:19
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 06:19
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On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 23:32:56 -0400, "Clyde Slick" <YustabeSlim@comcast.net> wrote: > >"Howard Ferstler" <ferstle@attglobal.net> wrote in message >news:42D4859F.CC13392D@attglobal.net... >> Clyde Slick wrote: >>> > >>> >>> you don't need the test to do that! >> >> But you do need to properly level match, and you also need >> to go the DBT route if the participant has preconceptions >> about a favored amp or set of wires sounding superior. > >That's the point, it only neuters >one set of preconceotions >And if the person has preconceptions >that they will sound the same, the test WILL NOT >neuter those preconceptions. > >DBT tests for audio are actually designed to >provide a biased result of there being no difference. Bullshit. They're used every day by mainstream manufacturers to determine whether design changes had any *real* audible effect. Like most of the 'subjectivists', you're ignoring reality to push your own prejudices, and bitching about ABX because it doesn't support your fantasising about the sound of 'high-end' equipment. -- Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
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