A Brief History of CD DBTs
"Audio_Empire" wrote in message
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I still believe that the only way to do a DBT/ABX of something as
subtly different as amplifiers should be done with each amp being
auditioned for as much as a half hour before switching to the other
amp.
Been there, done that.
Use the same cuts from test CDs for each session, played in
the same order.
Been there, done that.
Of course careful level matching and strict double-
blindness must still be maintained.
Been there, done that.
I suspect that such a test might
uncover differences that short term, instantaneous switching doesn't
reveal.
Didn't happen. So much for this round of hoops and sticks. ;-)
This appears to be a terribly unbalanced discussion. On the one side we seem
to have little but denial and speculation. On the other side we have over 35
years of hands-on experience with highly sophisticated real world testing of
dozens of amplifiers and equal numbers of DACs, signal processors and
players, some of it documented in the largest circulation consumer and
professional audio publications around.
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