wrote in message
oups.com
Arny Krueger wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com
Pooh Bear wrote:
124 wrote:

If an audiophile spends more than $200 000 US
for a power amplifier and is presented with evidence
that it sounds identical to a $200 receiver, to accept
the evidence would mean a devastating blow to that
audiophile's ego . If I spent that kind of money on a
power amplifier and was presented with the evidence,
there is a very good chance that I would never accept
the evidence.

The correct term is audiophool. ;-)

Graham

And a virtuoso who buys a Stradivarius is another
audiophool so very different from our clever Pooh Bear
who ABXes it against neighbourhood music store violins,
hears "no difference" and pats himself on the back: "No
golden ear will take this bear for a ride.

Oh GMAB Ludo. It's easy to hear the difference between
good violins and bad violins. It's easy to hear the
difference between two different good violins.

Arny, Arny you must remember that you once said that
loudspeakers were not worth ABXing because anyone could
hear the difference. Well, not anyone. 200 out of 260
Olive's panelists could not as long as they were bothered
by blinding and answering to "Is A like B?'

I'm not buying it Ludo. Prove it with a cite from an online source.