"Sander deWaal" wrote in message
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"Robert Morein" said:

I mean it in a more general sense, that ABX itself is worthy of
investigation. Ludovic has compiled a substantial list of comparisons,
some
of which involve ancient, cheap, and lousy amplifiers against decent
ones;
ABX failed to allow the listeners to distinguish what should have been
easily distinguishable.


Recently, someone wrote (Paul Packer?) that he felt it was like some
kind of osmosis. Listening for a longer period of time revealed the
true character of an audio component.
I tend to agree with that view, while the EE in me says that it can't
work like that (on a technical level that is).

I don't think there is anything unscientific about the view that the brain
integrates impressions.

Take the human face, for example. Personally, if I see a person once, I do
not have the talent of picking the person out of a crowd or a lineup, unless
there is something really unusual about him. But as I see the person again
and again, at different angles and lighting conditions, my ability to
recognize the person increases enormously.