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In article ,
(Mkuller) writes:

At some point, at the urging of a skeptical friend, the audiophile engages in a
"blind listening test" with a couple of familiar components. Where did the
audible differences he had easily identified earlier disappear to? He's back to
his original state of confusion. Did the blind test filter out the differences
(most likely) or had he imagined the differences he and his friends had
identified (not likely). So he leaves blind testing to the rabid minority on
RAHE, and proceeds to enjoy his audio/music appreciation hobby with his friends
and never thinks about blind testing again.

Fits my path exactly until after the blind test part. Having an
understanding of the reasons for blind tests and having direct
experience in thinking I heard a marked difference when none existed
(failed to flip the switch), I decided that the supposed differences
I had heard before were not real.

Like the cardiologists in the above example, he goes on to trust his ears
rather than some questionable application of a test that acts a filter to his
hearing, and finds much much enjoyment with his hobby and audiophile friends.
The blind testers on the other hand, become like the general practitioners
above or drop out of medicine (and audio) completely.

You and others have yet to demonstrate that the use of a blind test
causes a "filtering" effect.

Sound familiar? How many of you fit this profile?

Not me.