On 10 Sep 2005 16:49:08 GMT, "Harry Lavo" wrote:

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If you self-appointed 'scientists' want to run such experiments, do so
on your time and your dime.

The scientists who do these kinds of tests are the movers and shakers in the
filed of audio, not just hi-fi but all areas relating to sound perception.
They use double blind protocols because they want valid results and they
know they can't get them from sighted lsitening.

Please note that at least some of these "mover and shaker" scientists
specifically exploring the reproduction of music (as opposed to codecs and
telephone transmission) give great attention to physical and psychological
comfort, eschew short snippet testing in favor of comparative-monadic, and
have found they can validate differences when a conventional short-snippet
test resulted in a "null".

Name one.

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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering