... I am in favor of testing, I am not sure we are testing the correct things

 

[quote]Originally posted by JohnVroom:

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Could the test be faulty? Just because it is simple does not make it infallible or a psychoacoustic phenomenon itself. ABX tests have been done on loudspeakers (1990’s) and ABX testing ‘proved’ all speakers sound the same…

What test was this?

Here is one set of test results:
http://www.pcavtech.com/abx/abx_spk.htm

The test showed that 20 subjects could hear a difference between two speakers.

 

^ I really don’t loose much sleep over this. Why is something I hear over and over, that is predictable and consistent not audible during the ABX? Is the ABX correct or is my life experience? Either could be wrong, one of the two IS wrong... logic and reason dictate that there is a fooled perception... personally I would prefer all amps and cables and CD players to sound the same it would save time, effort and money. Also I prefer life to fall under a nice neat logical and scientific path, I do not like surprises.

The test I was referring to was done in the late 80's or 90's to embarrass some golden ears, they put speakers behind a screen and did the ABX deal... the reviewers did not do too well statistically. The intent was to discredit them, frankly it discredited the reviewers and it discredited blind testing as well.

 

^ Was that done to find that they could not tell what speaker was what or that they could not hear actual sonic differences between different home speaker cabinets?

 

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