Hi.
I'd like to do some blind AB comparisons between amplifiers, DACs and digital audio sources. I feel that I don't need gold-standard double-blind, but just enough subtlety to be able to overcome my preconceptions about the gear that I have and gear that interests me. I've been searching high and low for a device that will get the job done well enough to allow me to make unbiased evaluations for myself. There seems to amazingly little available as far as real budget ABX equipment goes. I was thinking of having a friend randomize with a tossed coin and switch devices with something like this:
This one for $75 would work to compare 2 amps:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Two-2-Amp-...s-Selector-Switch-Combiner-SP-71/265101125751
I'll need an RCA version to compare DACs and audio sources. This one is $28:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-in-1-Out...Signal-Selector-Switcher-Speaker/265018475122
Do you think this looks good enough for my purposes? Any other suggestions under $100?
Thanks!
Aaron
I'd like to do some blind AB comparisons between amplifiers, DACs and digital audio sources. I feel that I don't need gold-standard double-blind, but just enough subtlety to be able to overcome my preconceptions about the gear that I have and gear that interests me. I've been searching high and low for a device that will get the job done well enough to allow me to make unbiased evaluations for myself. There seems to amazingly little available as far as real budget ABX equipment goes. I was thinking of having a friend randomize with a tossed coin and switch devices with something like this:
This one for $75 would work to compare 2 amps:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Two-2-Amp-...s-Selector-Switch-Combiner-SP-71/265101125751
I'll need an RCA version to compare DACs and audio sources. This one is $28:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-in-1-Out...Signal-Selector-Switcher-Speaker/265018475122
Do you think this looks good enough for my purposes? Any other suggestions under $100?
Thanks!
Aaron