On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:30:00 -0500, dave weil
wrote:

On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 06:50:14 +0000 (UTC), Stewart Pinkerton
wrote:

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:51:58 +0200, Sander deWaal
wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton said:

The Krell is useful as a reference, because if
I sold it, then brain-dead clowns like you would say that I only say
the things I do because I've never heard a decent amp. Besides, I like
the brutal *look* of that big mother****er! :-)

So here we've arrived at the heart of the matter: people select
certain components not only for their sound, but also for their looks,
their fancy nameplate, their build quality, whatever.

So what's the relevance of double blind testing for an average
consumer again?

It stops people wasting money in an attempt to improve sound quality.
I'd love an Oracle CD player, but I know it won't *sound* any
different than my Sony or Pioneer.

DBT details please.

No need to overstate the bleedin' obvious.

That's also why cable tests will never appear in AES Reviews.
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering