What's your view on blind testing?


Double blind testing (DBT) has been a hot topic among engineers and audiophiles for God knows how long. The 'scientific' group believes that a properly conducted blind test will reveal negligible differences amongst audio components (amps, cables, dacs, etc.) while the other group believes that there are noticeable audible differences across manufacturer's in various price points. I know there are quite a few EEs on the board here and I'd like to get your perspective. Thanks for any insight.
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Showing 1 response by geoffkait

Extravaganza wrote,

"very bad,because normally short memory of human brain remembers only fraction of information which was played.And long term memory remembers only those moments which impressed very much during listening,lets say tonaly,imaging."

Oh, sure, if we're talking about the man under the bridge you might be right, he probably has no idea what he"s listening to. But most experienced audiophiles have excellent short term and long term memory. I suspect the problem with DBT as far as it meaning anything for audio is the idea that a subject must pass 10 trials in a row with no misses. For that reason, I'm out.