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Graeme Nattress wrote:
Basically, the test was a self fullfilling prophecy fraud to back up their claims that certain cables sound better than others. Not enough testing was done to provide any kind of statistical validity, and because there was no control, the testing process itself recieved no validation. I'm sure those that took part had a fun day out playing with cables that cost more than most people's hifi's, but due to absurd methodology, it was all a complete waste of time. Indeed, no measurements of the cables were taken so that we could see that the resistance, capacitance and inductiance changes between cables would account for any audible differences they perceived. All valid points...except for your last sentence. The point of a double-blind listening test is ostensibly to determine *if* there are audible differences between cables, not what might cause them. That sort of research makes for a thorough follow-up, but is not necessary for a legitimate ABX DBT. |
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