Double blind test- over a month- could this be a reliable test for any equipment?

OP wouldn’t you rather get to know the performance of a recording that you have experienced for many years and be able to recognize things changing from viewing your stage? It’s so much more fun to know a soundstage intimately and tune it in different ways to explore different aspects of the same recording. First you have to know how to get a soundstage consistently, but once that is an easy task, then it’s all about hearing the recording from many different points of reference. Sometimes you may want to spread the stage way out and other times not so wide and deep, but more condensed. There’s so many ways to listen to the same recording with all of them being right. Once you get to that type of control, double blind tests and other tests like that become boring and meaningless.

mg

recall and building a point of reference

Some of you guys may know of my cousin the late Doc Watson. Riding in a car with Doc was a trip. Of course you know Doc was blind, yet he could tell you exactly where you were on a road he traveled often. For example Doc could tell you where every pot hole was on any of these particular roads, or even tell you if this road had recently been worked on. He knew the curves, distances and could tell you approximately how fast you were going.

Our sensory recall ability is developed through experience and revisiting that experience. It's something we do every day on auto pilot but it's also something we cultivate as we focus on any particular skill we wish to perfect. When someone says "they can't hear or it doesn't exist" we should consider that this statement is probably true for them. They either have no desire to hear or they are focused on other areas that to them fits their point of view. We've seen a lot of listeners grow out of this, but we've also seen a lot of folks not interested in developing that part of their brain's pattern and activities. I tend to take audiophiles at their word. If they can't hear it, no biggie. It only waste time trying to convince them. If they someday open up that part of their experience tool chest, cool. If not, just as cool, it doesn't change reality for those who do experience.

another thing

If others make some type of derogatory comment about what you know or have experience with, which is common on forums, consider the source. They more than likely just haven't taken the time to do or their brain is wire differently with other priorities. When someone says BS, prove it, nonsense or those types of statements, you can pretty much take it to the bank they haven't done for themselves or they really can't hear it. These same posters share these same comments on any similar topic, it's their mo. It's a hobby of doing and teaching ourselves how to do and if you notice many times we go through the same types of learning curves as we advance on our own listening journey.

mg