Arny Krueger wrote
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Hard Line Objectivists do not like this way the auditory
system of the brain works. They prefer an auditory system
that discards visual information. They want us to hear in
a different way than we do.

Not at all. In fact listeners in a blind test can receive the identical same
visual information that they would receive in a sighted evaluation. For
example during the Stereo Review CD player tests some years ago, everybody
in the room saw both CD players attractively displayed between the speakers,
just as they might see them in an Audio store, a hi fi show (e.g. HE2005) or
at someone's house.

The auditory system will use ALL INFORMATION it can lay
its hands on. Of course it will, it tries to work as
efficiently as it can.

No problem. In fact this paragraph points out why bias-controlled tests need
to be designed very carefully.

Hard Line Objectivists don't like that. They want to have
us hear INEFFICIENTLY. Therefore they design tests that
ONLY ALLOW LIMITED HEARING. They call that "objective"
and all the rest "bias".


Completely incorrect. Obviously we have yet another *RAO Eggspurt" on DBTs
that has shown he has no idea how DBTs are actually run.


Based upon a recent discussion with Nyob McKelvy, he appears to
admit that DBT is not a reliable audio test because it cognitively and
visually alter our perception to music and sound.


Any comments on the matter?