Robert Morein wrote:

"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 ?


A friend of mine does nothing but sighted evaluation, and his conclusions
seem to have objective accuracy.
He couches his evaluations in "review speak", but they are translatable by
me to pertinent correlations with engineering parameters. But my buddy is
exceptional, in the sense that he has no emotional attachment to the
equipment he's listening to. He's in it for the novelty.

Ie - he thinks it's equally crap. Lol. Actually a nice way
to go into any test, if a bit cynical.