"Robert Morein" wrote in message
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"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"EddieM" wrote in message
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The Objectivist assert that straight listening or more
specifically,
sighted evaluation is not a scientifically valid
process
for determining
if the audio components (except speakers ?) would sound
different.


Further, Arny stated on # 53:33 that sighted listening
is
not a reliable
way to pass or fail a listener in terms of his hearing
acuity.

What is really wrong with sighted evaluation ?

Nothing, depending on the situation.

The problem with sighted listening is that when the
differences are small, it can be very unreliable.

Taken by itself, that's a very reasonable statement.
The apparent disagreement is that you believe that far
more components fall
into the class of "small differences" than I do. "Jenn"
agrees with me that,
depending upon the individual, this class varies.

That's easy to resolve. No harm is done if you treat a
larger difference like it was a smaller difference. The
worst that can happen is that the small difference-oriented
test gives an outstandingly strong positive result for
differences.