"Fella" wrote in message
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"As good as" ?? I've found that ABXing makes things sound the same, with
no room for words like "good" or "bad" or "like" or "dislike".

ABXing done right keeps things from sounding different *only* if they sound
different *just* because they are playing at different levels, playing
different music, or listener bias is screwing up the evaluation.

Note that the high end ragazines only manage 1 of 3 major variables while
supposedly auditioning equipment.

It's doesn't take an advanced study of rocket science to realize that people
have this tendency to believe what they believe, no matter how flakey the
evidence that supports their beliefs are. Sighted listening is flakey
evidence when it comes to comparing stuff like amps, cables, preamps, CD
players, even phono playback systems.

For example, Graham who is usually pretty logical, goes off on my QSC amp
tests even though AFAIK he's never actually listened to the exact QSC amps
I've ABXed.

BTW there's symmetry here - AFAIK I've never heard the QSC amps that Graham
complains about. They may sound like crap. How would I know?