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Humans were not designed, period.![]()
Depends on what you mean by "designed"
Humans were not designed, period.![]()
It's worth spending the money for a big effect that is obvious, but those are not the effects that require poetry. It may not be worth spending the money on subtleties so fine that we are afraid to subject them to controlled testing.
The other question is why there is pressure unsighted that is absent sighted. Few seem to take the step and realize it is because it turns out to be difficult? And why, exactly, is that?
Audiophiles don't listen to music with their equipment
They listen to their equipment with music.
Don't know who said this but it sure is true.
I'd guess that the vast majority of people who claim blind testing is invalid because it is stressful have never actually done one.
They just read that somewhere and decided that was a good reason to dismiss it.
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And the audiophiles that have done one have taken on an almost impossible challenge. Rather than first doing an A/BX test that they might hear a difference like maybe a 10 foot heavy speaker cable vs and 100 feet of small doorbell wire, they start with almost identical products.I'd guess that the vast majority of people who claim blind testing is invalid because it is stressful have never actually done one.
What annoys me is that we have to repeat the same things over and over again.
What annoys me is that we have to repeat the same things over and over again.
What annoys me is that we have to repeat the same things over and over again.
What annoys me is that we have to repeat the same things over and over again.
What annoys me is that we have to repeat the same things over and over again.
What annoys me is that we have to repeat the same things over and over again.
What annoys me is that we have to repeat the same things over and over again.
I'm sorry you feel that way - but the responses aren't really bad natured. They're just ... weary and exasperated. Was it @sergeauckland who said it's like yet another someone coming on a fairly advanced aeronautics forum, and saying, hey guys, I can flap my arms and fly?
The "demands" for "test labs in their living rooms" are a way of saying, no, you can't flap your arms and fly, because if you tried, you'd fail.
There are plenty of other forums where you can get together and talk feverish fantasy. We're not exactly depriving anyone of their human rights in preferring mature discussion in this one rare place.
I'd guess that the vast majority of people who claim blind testing is invalid because it is stressful have never actually done one.
They just read that somewhere and decided that was a good reason to dismiss it.
if they had tried it they would realise how hard it can be to identify small but real differences, and they'd be a lot less sure of themselves and wouldn't make that argument in the first place...
My guess, because they have finally found a forum they like and they don't want it to change into one like most of the others on the Internet (i.e. full of nonsense). As @Inner Space already said:Again, anyone “weary and exasperated” needs to simply not respond.
Why do members of this board feel they are entitled to treat others in this manner, which you may not perceive as disrespectful and uninviting but quite many clearly do?
There are plenty of other forums where you can get together and talk feverish fantasy. We're not exactly depriving anyone of their human rights in preferring mature discussion in this one rare place.
The first paragraph is at odds with the third. It’s stressful precisely because the differences, if they are detectable at all, are subtle. Those who want to find a difference may feel more stress than those who don’t, but that is also a matter of prejudicial bias. Testees should always enter with the knowledge that A and B are different (even if they aren’t), so they put some effort into it.
Rick “always trying to detect the difference even when not expecting to” Denney
My guess, because they have finally found a forum they like and they don't want it to change into one like most of the others on the Internet (i.e. full of nonsense).
Why do members of this board feel they are entitled to treat others in this manner, which you may not perceive as disrespectful and uninviting but quite many clearly do? Why is a new member asking an innocuous question or presenting an opinion not deserving of a tiny bit of patience?
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#10: You get into a pointless argument on ASR and then get blocked.
Then stay out of the threads with new members.
Seriously, >90% of the issues I and others witness on this board would be solved immediately if people who cannot exercise patience would simply not get involved.