JGH Gets Shrill
"bob" wrote in message
On Dec 3, 6:42 pm, Walt wrote:
bob wrote:
In context, he seems to be talking about blind
side-by-side speaker comparisons. Not necessarily ABX
tests of amps.
While he cites Loudspeaker shootouts as a good example
of DBT working, I don't read anything in his comments
restricting DBT to speakers. The way I read it is that
*everything* should be subject to DBT for the reason of
"basic honesty".
In the past, he's pooh-poohed ABX tests, and last I read
he was hardly a skeptic on the question of cable sound.
His signals on ABX tests were a bit mixed, but his initial reaction to an
ABX Comparator prototype was very favorable.
Some cables are screwed up enough to sound different.
My interpretation of his remarks is consistent with his
past statements. Maybe he's undergone a conversion
recently, but I'll believe it when I see it.
If you say so. ;-)
As long as the industry continues to reject basic
scientific methods of validation, it will (and should)
be held up for ridicule.
And as much as Holt grouches now, he is as responsible as
anyone for the state of the field today.
Responsibility requires the ability to act somewhat freely. In a sense
nobody in the high end press has it because they are prisoners of what
they've already said.
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