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So one could say, it seems to me, as an equally simple explanation, that
if the test shows "no
difference" between dozens of components widely considered to "sound
different" by hundreds or thousands of audiophiles, dealers, and
reviewers,
that the test simply somehow has a fatal flaw and doesn't measure what it
purports to measure.

The operative term is 'considered'. Which does neither suggest nor
imply 'prove'. Again, if we are delving within the realm of
'consideration', then we are discussing religion. That is all well and
good, but true-believers of any stripe will not be convinced by
'considerations' (and sometimes not even by irrefutable proof).

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

Absolutely agree. Just because a number of reviewers find in favour of a
product could be no more than that they have been "encouraged" by the
manufacturer to think so. Reviewers are employed by magazines to find
differences - whether these differences exist is irrelevant. When did you
last read a review to the effects that this amp/CDplayer/preamp sound the
same as any other?

S.