Something For The Fuse Guys ...

Published? .... pure comedy gold Gerry, that's pure gold!  I wonder if The Onion is hiring?

geoffkait17,650 posts10-23-2019 11:00ammoops, I published How the Clever Lil Clock ⏰ Works with May and Peter Belt 6 years ago. I published the Definitive Explanation for How the Intelligent Chip Works 15 years ago. And The Story of How The Teleportation Tweak Works more recently. My, how Time flies. Thanks for asking.

Thinking about A/B testing, it occurred to me, how many times I’ve heard, "expectation bias", to discount the conclusions, when conducted by the typical audiophile(the tweak doesn’t matter). Today; I pictured a cadre of fire-breathing, rabid, naysayers(perhaps, even degreed), wondering what their, "expectation bias" might be, regarding the completely impartial(of course) listening test, in which they’ll participate. I haven’t, however, heard anything about peer pressure, within such a group. What are the odds, anyone within such a group(the completely impartial cadre, mentioned above), would dare say they heard an improvement, or- so much as a difference, knowing what they might face, from their peers(ie: being called a, "Fusist", ostracism, ridicule, black-listed from any further, impartial, testing, etc / just think about today’s political climate). Then; I’m also supposed to take the word(as Gospel/whatever), from those with whom I have no familiarity, as regards either their hearing health or listening tastes/training/abilities(just. "Trust me!") Call me a skeptic.

roberttcan"he started his company right around the time he was busted down to training co-ordinator"

That sounds like a vile, offensive, and abusive characterization so I would only reply as you do in you're own words that "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."

I have to imagine in any blind listening test where the organizers went through all the trouble of training the participants, that the results were of course published. Please share the link with us here. It no doubt would be very informative. 


cleeds2,483 posts10-23-2019 10:21amroberttcan

Untrained listeners are able to discern small differences in audio performance in quick AB blind testing better than trained listeners are in uncontrolled situations. 

That is a very interesting claim. That’s especially so because in most of the the blind listening tests where I’ve participated, organizers included some training for the subjects to help them with the experiment.

Do you have any evidence to support your claim? I ask because, as you like to state: "What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence."