geoffkait
Blind testing has great value to designers and manufacturers. To end-user audiophiles, not so much.
Well, actually you can fool blind tests. Blind tests can give misleading or just plain wrong results just like any other type of test. Operator error, mistake in the system, maybe the listener has a cold ...Absolutely true. And establishing a proper double-blind test is more difficult than it might appear. If the test isn't properly conducted, then obviously the results aren't valid.
Blind testing has great value to designers and manufacturers. To end-user audiophiles, not so much.