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Audio nonsense

In this wonderful world of audio that we journey through folks selling stuff have sometimes been inventive in what they claim. In your trip down this road what sticks out as the most ludicrous thing you’ve seen someone try to sell? 
 

I can point to 2 things. When I first saw a Tice clock in a store I thought it was a gag. Next- Peter Belt. 

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cleeds
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djones51
... In this scenario the audiophile is the DUT

That is just more confusion about double blind tests. A blind listening test evaluates a Device Under Test, not the listener. The listener (audiophile) is a human. He is not a device. When you accept that, you can begin to design meaningful double blind listening tests.

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mahgister
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Blind test are a method very useful for industrial research...

Make no sense in my room...

 Some Idiots are very fond of blind test here....

And Sellers hate them generally ...

 i am not an idiot nor a seller....

 

 

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cakyol
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Thanks @mijostyn 

djones51
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blind listening test evaluates a Device Under Test, not the listener

In some instances the listener is the device under test. If I claim I can tell 2 different DACs apart, I'm not testing the DACs ability but the claimants ability. 

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mahgister
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Sound experience means something in some room for someone...

Change the room and you can prove anything.....The differrent devices has NO Sound of their own which stay the same in different room....

Blind tester audiophiles are deluded like people who vouch blindly for a piece of gear INSTEAD of acoustic embeddings controls...

That is my experience....

There is no objectivist nor subjectivist in acoustic protocol experiments....Subjectivity is CORRELATED with objective measures ALWAYS...Subjectivity is not ERASED by objective measure save for idiots...Idiot dont study acoustic with their EARS anyway....They trust a limited tool like other buy costly "tweaks" or branded name of costly gear...

Acoustic is the only key in audio....

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