On 8/2/2015 5:08 AM, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Sat, 01 Aug 2015 22:51:05 -0400, PeterN
wrote:

On 8/1/2015 10:19 PM, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Sat, 01 Aug 2015 12:01:24 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

Nospam has provided a link in the past. I think an organisation called
the American Acoustic Society carried out a series of tests and then
reported the inability of people to discriminate between various
standards of highness of fi. Unfortunately, although full descriptions
were not given, there appeared to have been various standards of
everything including environment, source, amplifier and speakers. The
people carrying out the tests were well meaning but I think they were
wasting their time.

translated: they didn't get the results you wanted.

Translated: they were a bunch of amatuers. I would pay much more
attention to them if the tests were conducted by a good experimental
psychologist.

feel free to cite a double-blind test that shows that people can
reliably tell the difference between 24/192k and 16/44k from the same
source.

also feel free to cite a double-blind test that shows that people can
reliably tell the difference between analog and digital from the same
source.

I know of no satisfactory double-blind tests -period.
http://www.bostonaudiosociety.org/ba...l_thinking.htm

There have been some AXB tests which are open to interpretation. See
for example
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-m...t-audible.html
or http://tinyurl.com/o63vybl

Not a double-blind test - but:

I have a set of vinyl records of the complete organ works of Bach
recorded by Peter Hurford.
I have a set of CDs of the same records recorded from the original
masters used for the vinyls.

There is no doubt of which set I prefer. There is an audible
difference in ambience and the vinyls win every time.


Compare a live performance of Pachelbel's Canon, or Tchaikovsky's 1812,
with any recording. Though digital recordings of the 1812 have been
known to blow out speakers.

I agree almost any live performance is better than a recording but
that is not the point at issue.


Is it live, or is it Memorex.

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PeterN