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Where are the equally scholarly pieces of research that show that some other
form of testing for audio differences have merit?

Bailar, John C. III, Mosteller, Frederick, "Guidelines for Statistical
Reporting in Articles for Medical Journals", Annals of Internal Medicine,
108:266-273, (1988).
Buchlein, R., "The Audibility of Frequency Response Irregularities"
(1962), reprinted in English in Journal of the Audio Engineering Society,
Vol. 29, pp. 126-131 (1981)
Burstein, Herman, "Approximation Formulas for Error Risk and Sample
Size in ABX Testing", Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 36, p.
879 (1988)
Burstein, Herman, "Transformed Binomial Confidence Limits for
Listening Tests", Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 37, p. 363
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NYOB rides again. This time he's trailing a string of "references
collected from the files of his Public Library.
His "Case for ABX" is made up of titles such as "The Ears
gears"- the mechano-electrical transduction by hair cells"
But there are a few references that I recognize:
Greenhill on cables. Most of his panel couldn't recognize 1,75 db
difference in volume when ABXing. My old ears tell me when I change
one side by one db.- the image shifts. Overall conclusion: "Cables
don't differ.
.. Masters/Clark on amplifiers. Overall conclusion: No difference
recognized by the ABXing panel between amplifiers
Pohlmann on cdplayers.. This time a triumph for ABX. The very first
cdplayer (Philips 14 bits, soon universally replaced by 16 bits etc.)
identified. No differences heard after that first year product.

He quotes papers by Sean Olive and F. Toole. I have reprints of a few
of them:
"Hearing is believing....". No mention of ABX anywhere in the text
"The modification of timbre..." ditto.
"Listening tests..." Discussion on how to get better listening
tests: several chapters: rooms , material and double blinding- nothing
about ABX.
Sean Olive presented also: " A method for training listeners...".
No mention of ABX.. Emphasis on how much the listeners differ in their
ability to get trained.
There is something disarming about the man. One wonders whether to
blame him or pity him.
Ludovic Mirabel
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(1989)
Carlstrom, David, Greenhill, Laurence, Krueger, Arnold, "Some
Amplifiers Do Sound Different", The Audio Amateur, 3/82, p. 30, 31, also
reprinted in Hi-Fi News & Record Review, Link House Magazines, United
Kingdom, Dec 1982, p. 37.
CBC Enterprises, "Science and Deception, Parts I-IV", Ideas, October
17, 1982, CBC Transcripts, P. O. Box 500, Station A, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada M5W 1E6
Clark, D. L., Krueger, A. B., Muller, B. F., Carlstrom, D.,
"Lip****z/Jung Forum", Audio Amateur, Vol. 10 No. 4, pp. 56-57 (0ct 1979)
Clark, D. L., "Is It Live Or Is It Digital? A Listening Workshop",
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol.33 No.9, pp.740-1 (September
1985)
Clark, David L., "A/B/Xing DCC", Audio, APR 01 1992 v 76 n 4, p. 32
Clark, David L., "High-Resolution Subjective Testing Using a
Double-Blind Comparator", Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 30
No. 5, May 1982, pp. 330-338.
Diamond, George A., Forrester, James S., "Clinical Trials and
Statistical Verdicts: Probable Grounds for Appeal", Annals of Internal
Medicine, 98:385-394, (1983).
Downs, Hugh, "The High-Fidelity Trap", Modern HI-FI & Stereo Guide,
Vol. 2 No. 5, pp. 66-67, Maco Publishing Co., New York (December 1972)
Frick, Robert, "Accepting the Null Hypothesis", Memory and Cognition,
Journal of the Psychonomic Society, Inc., 23(1), 132-138, (1995).
Fryer, P.A. "Loudspeaker Distortions: Can We Hear Them?", Hi-Fi News
and Record Review, Vol. 22, pp 51-56 (1977 June)
Gabrielsonn and Sjogren, "Preceived Sound Quality of Sound Reproducing
Systems", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol 65, pp 1019-1033
(1979 April)
Gabrielsonn, "Dimension Analyses of Perceived Sound Quality of Sound
Reproducing Systems", Scand. J. Psychology, Vol. 20, pp. 159-169 (1979)
Greenhill, Laurence , "Speaker Cables: Can you Hear the Difference?"
Stereo Review, ( Aug 1983)
Greenhill, L. L. and Clark, D. L., "Equipment Profile", Audio, (April
1985)
Grusec, Ted, Thibault, Louis, Beaton, Richard, "Sensitive Methodolgies
for the Subjective Evaluation of High Quality Audio Coding Systems",
Presented at Audio Engineering Society UK DSP Conference 14-15 September
1992, available from Government of Canada Communcations Research Center,
3701 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y 3Y7.
Hirsch, Julian, "Audio 101: Physical Laws and Subjective Responses",
Stereo Review, April 1996
Hudspeth, A. J., and Markin, Vladislav S., "The Ear's Gears:
Mechanoelectrical Transduction By Hair Cells", Physics Today, 47:22-8, Feb
1994.
ITU-R BS.1116, "Methods for the Subjective Assessment of Small
Impairment in Audio Systems Including Multichannel Sound Systems", Geneva,
Switzerland (1994).
Lipschitz, Stanley P., and Van der kooy, John, "The Great Debate:
Subjective Evaluation", Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 29
No. 7/8, Jul/Aug 1981, pp. 482-491.
Masters, I. G. and Clark, D. L., "Do All Amplifiers Sound the Same?",
Stereo Review, pp. 78-84 (January 1987)
Masters, Ian G. and Clark, D. L., "Do All CD Players Sound the Same?",
Stereo Review, pp.50-57 (January 1986)
Masters, Ian G. and Clark, D. L., "The Audibility of Distortion",
Stereo Review, pp.72-78 (January 1989)
Meyer, E. Brad, "The Amp-Speaker Interface (Tube vs. solid-state)",
Stereo Review, pp.53-56 (June 1991)
Nousaine, Thomas, "Wired Wisdom: The Great Chicago Cable Caper", Sound
and Vision, Vol. 11 No. 3 (1995)
Nousaine, Thomas, "Flying Blind: The Case Against Long Term Testing",
Audio, pp. 26-30, Vol. 81 No. 3 (March 1997)
Nousaine, Thomas, "Can You Trust Your Ears?", Stereo Review, pp.
53-55, Vol. 62 No. 8 (August 1997)
Olive, Sean E., et al, "The Perception of Resonances at Low
Frequencies", Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 40, p. 1038
(Dec 1992)
Olive, Sean E., Schuck, Peter L., Ryan, James G., Sally, Sharon L.,
Bonneville, Marc E., "The Detection Thresholds of Resonances at Low
Frequencies", Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 45, p. 116-128,
(March 1997)
Pease, Bob, "What's All This Splicing Stuff, Anyhow?", Electronic
Design, (December 27, 1990) Recent Columns, http://www.national.com/rap/
Pohlmann, Ken C., "6 Top CD Players: Can You Hear the Difference?",
Stereo Review, pp.76-84 (December 1988)
Pohlmann, Ken C., "The New CD Players, Can You Hear the Difference?",
Stereo Review, pp.60-67 (October 1990)
Schatzoff, Martin, "Design of Experiments in Computer Performance
Evaluation", IBM Journal of Research and Development, Vol. 25 No. 6,
November 1981
Shanefield, Daniel, "The Great Ego Crunchers: Equalized, Double-Blind
Tests", High Fidelity, March 1980, pp. 57-61
Simon, Richard, "Confidence Intervals for Reporting Results of
Clinical Trials", Annals of Internal Medicine, 105:429-435, (1986).
Spiegel, D., "A Defense of Switchbox Testing", Boston Audio Society
Speaker, Vol. 7 no. 9 (June 1979)
Stallings, William M., "Mind Your p's and Alphas", Educational
Researcher, November 1995, pp. 19-20
Toole, Floyd E., "Listening Tests - Turning Opinion Into Fact",
Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 30, No. 6, June 1982, pp.
431-445.
Toole, Floyd E., "The Subjective Measurements of Loudspeaker Sound
Quality & Listener Performance", Journal of the Audio Engineering Society,
Vol. 33, pp. 2-32 (1985 Jan/Feb)
Toole, Floyd E., and Olive, Sean E., "The Detection of Reflections in
Typical Rooms", Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, Vol. 39, pp.
539-553 (1989 July/Aug)
Toole, Floyd E., and Olive, Sean E., "Hearing is Believing vs.
Believing is Hearing: Blind vs. Sighted Tests, and Other Interesting
Things", 97th AES Convention (San Francisco, Nov. 10-13, 1994), [3893 (H-5],
20 pages.
Toole, Floyd E., and Olive, Sean E., "The Modification of Timbre By
Resonances: Perception & Measurement", Journal of the Audio Engineering
Society, Vol 36, pp. 122-142 (1988 March).
Warren, Richard M., "Auditory Illusions and their Relation to
Mechanisms Enhancing Accuracy of Perception", Journal of the Audio
Engineering Society, Vol. 31 No. 9 (1983 September).

Those who oppose ABX (not the only double blind protocol for testing audio
differences) say that it is not valid and they have lists of reasons for
their belief.

What they do not have, is any research that some other method is as
revealing or reliable.

Where is the research that clearly demonstrates some other method works as
well or even at all?