Home Propeller Head Plaza

Technical and scientific discussion of amps, cables and other topics.

[ Follow Ups ] Thread: [ Display  All  Email ] [ Propeller Head Plaza ]
[ Alert Moderator ]

But how do you establish what you perceive is due to the equipment?

You can't without good methodology and that includes blind testing.

Do you really "hear" the difference between two interconnects, etc.? No way of proving it without blind testing. Human perception "overdetects" differences, as jj has put it, and the link I gave to John Dunlavy before is an illustration (or, you can ask Richard Greene). Sure, you can develop a preference for a piece of equipment sighted, any of us can, and that's all right, only with sighted auditioning, we are open to many, many influences besides the sound itself (and that's all right, too), but IF you really want to know whether you can actually "hear" the differences in performance, well, blind testing is the way to go.


____________________________________________________________
"Nature loves to hide."
---Heraclitus of Ephesus (trans. Wheelwright)

This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
  Sonic Craft  

Follow Ups Full Thread
Follow Ups
You can not post to an archived thread.

[ Top Top of Page ] [ Contact Us ] [ Support/Wish List ] [ Copyright © 2025, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]
[ General ] [ Speakers ] [ Tubes ] [ Vinyl ] [ Digital ] [ Hi-Rez ] [ Video Asylum ] [ Cables ] [ Tweaks/DIY ] [ Music ] [ Films ]