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Most important ways blind tests in audio and medicine differ...

1. In medicine the training, experience and test-taking abilities of the subjects do NOT affect the results of the test.

In audio they all DO. So it is more of a test of the listeners than differences between the components.

2. In medicine the tests have been scientifically validated for this use.

In blind audio component comparisons, there has been NO validation. The sensitivity of the tests for different sonic parameters has not been determined. That's because the sensitivity changes with each subject (see #1).


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  • Most important ways blind tests in audio and medicine differ... - mkuller 21:25:44 01/09/07 (2)


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