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Buster Mudd
 
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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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