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In Reply to: High end audio = a field where people can claim to have exceptional skills and never have to prove it ! That's rare. posted by Richard BassNut Greene on April 26, 2006 at 09:07:57:
I don't think anyone is claiming to have exceptional skills, Mr.
Greene. But as I said in another posting, I have taken part in over
100 formal blind listening tests. Many of those tests produced null
results. But my results also have shown that I could distinguish a)
absolute polarity, b) different capacitor dielectrics, c) an
interconnect with the ground-shield connection made at one end from
the other, d) a solid-state amp from a tube amp, e) many different
phono cartridges, e) many different speakers, including correctly
identifying a speaker model under blind conditions from my previous
experience of it. And so on
So why do I have to do more tests? AS a result of my considerable
experience of blind testing, I am content that the differences
discussed in magazines, while often small, are still real and not
unimportant. You obviously disagree, in which case I respectfully
suggest you either simply stop reading Stereophile or start your own
magazine to review components the way _you_ think it should be done.
I note, BTW, that you have still to offer any actual argument in
rebuttal of my "As We See It." :-( And the question is begged: how
many formal blind tests have _you_ taken part in to be so sure of
their efficacy?
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
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Follow Ups
- Re: High end audio = a field where people can claim to have exceptional skills and never have to prove it ! That's rar - John Atkinson 04/26/0614:41:21 04/26/06 (27)
- If that was the best proof you have that all components sound different to you ... then I feel sorry for you - Richard BassNut Greene 09:12:08 05/1/06 (0)
- It took you over 100 blind tests to come to the conclusion that blind tests are a waste of time? - Richard BassNut Greene 08:02:47 04/28/06 (21)
- Ouch! - Ozzie 09:42:56 04/29/06 (0)
- Please answer the question, Mr. Greene - John Atkinson 07:19:57 04/29/06 (13)
- I answered your question in my May 1 post & answered every other question you asked in this post - Richard BassNut Greene 09:16:49 05/2/06 (4)
- Patience, please, Mr Greene - John Atkinson 16:51:32 05/2/06 (3)
- Waiting for YOUR answers to MY questions does require patience --- Infinite Patience is required (you don't respond) - Richard BassNut Greene 07:54:30 05/3/06 (2)
- Why infinite? - John Atkinson 09:14:11 05/3/06 (1)
- I swear I did not ghostwrite the JA post as a perfect example of what "non-answer" means! - Richard BassNut Greene 08:54:02 05/5/06 (0)
- reference - Ozzie 09:46:03 04/29/06 (7)
- Even evidence disappears in the face of disbelieve. - bjh 14:54:18 04/29/06 (1)
- Obviously you care. - Ozzie 15:47:00 05/1/06 (0)
- More uncritical thinking - John Atkinson 11:17:11 04/29/06 (4)
- I am not a magazine writer... - Ozzie 16:19:00 05/1/06 (3)
- We're all plowing the same furrow, Ozzie - John Atkinson 16:41:39 05/2/06 (2)
- JA now says Stereophile reviewers do not have superior hearing ("Neither do we claim we have superior hearing, Ozzie") - Richard BassNut Greene 08:59:14 05/3/06 (1)
- BassNut - Ozzie 13:37:45 05/3/06 (0)
- If you want to know which tests were well designed, surely the ones with the null result were well done - Soundmind 10:36:52 04/28/06 (2)
- Why take tests when you can claim exceptional hearing ability & your readers and advertisers will never ask for proof ? - Richard BassNut Greene 13:45:44 04/28/06 (1)
- You have to take the "sucker factor" into account - Soundmind 14:06:20 04/28/06 (0)
- Re: It took you over 100 blind tests to come to the conclusion that blind tests are a waste of time? - John Atkinson 08:47:36 04/28/06 (2)
- Where are the "null results" for sighted auditions? Why do all components sound different ONLY when brands are known? - Richard BassNut Greene 08:16:10 05/3/06 (0)
- We are all very fortunate.... - Soundmind 14:26:56 04/28/06 (0)
- Re: High end audio = a field where people can claim to have exceptional skills and never have to prove it ! That's rar - Soundmind 05:41:55 04/28/06 (0)
- Re: High end audio = a field where people can claim to have exceptional skills and never have to prove it ! That's rar - Ozzie 19:37:09 04/27/06 (2)
- Please do the work and get back to me - John Atkinson 08:59:46 04/28/06 (0)
- As far as "a" goes . . . - markrohr 04:34:45 04/28/06 (0)
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