[Audio Empire]

On Mon, 4 Apr 2011 18:22:13 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article ):

"Audio Empire" wrote in message


But there
are audiophiles who have trained themselves to listen for
the minutest anomalies in the reproduction of music by
audio gear.

I'm not so sure about that. In our experience, audiophiles who claim to have
sensitive ears generally don't do better than those who don't, once you
remove the crutch of seeing what is being listened to.

Blind testing is a prerequisite for learning how to be a sensitive listener
in the same sense that watching to see where the ball lands and rolls to is
a prerequisite for becoming a good golfer. Without the discipline of blind
testing, how does one know for sure that one is actually hearing or not
hearing a difference?

Difference? I'm not so much talking about hearing differences as I am just
listening to say, a phono cartridge and concluding that it's too bright,
deficient in bass, has a broad suckout in the midrange etc.