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  • jayne lee wilson
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    • Jul 2011
    • 10711

    #46
    Originally posted by gradus View Post
    Your approach to acquiring high end gear makes economic sense and is the way to go unless you are made of money but I had thought that blind testing of musicians for symphony orchestras is practised these days and seen as an improvement over open audition. Surely an orchestra wouldn't deliberately choose an inferior method of finding the best talent.
    But this isn't any kind of parallel situation is it?

    The variables involved - not allowing the musicians' appearances or physical address of their instruments to influence the judgment of their ability, as against knowing (or not knowing) which hifi components/media you are listening to - are very far apart, surely.....

    Different sets of perceptual questions.
    Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 04-02-21, 01:48.

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    • Dave2002
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      • Dec 2010
      • 18045

      #47
      Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
      But this isn't any kind of parallel situation is it?

      The variables involved - not allowing the musicians' appearances or physical address of their instruments to influence the judgment of their ability, as against knowing (or not knowing) which hifi components/media you are listening to - are very far apart, surely.....
      No - there is such a thing as observer/researcher bias. Not knowing what you are listening to is much less likely to cast serious doubts on the results. However you need at least one assistant to check things, as the listener (=you?) must not know what is being used. There may even be a requirement for more assistants, as even having one assistant can bias the results, as in - "Now let's listen to system 3 again - you'll like this one" or "Listen to system 2 - concentrate on the bass".

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