Blindfold Speaker testing


So if we made a  experiment where a  group of seasoned audiophiles had to choose  which speaker is best over all, 
6 brands all hidden behinda  curtain.
5 top dawgs in the xover box low sens design and 1 of the high sens PS design. How do you think the results will come out?
But we will not tell the group what speakers are behind the curtains, They will have no idea 1 of the speakers is Point Source. 
How do you think the, or lets say which 1 speaker do you think would come out on top?
No lets do this, Lets give the  group a  list of 5 speaker brands, Walsh, Wilson, Tannoy, and 2 others which are very popular, like Joseph with the Seas. 
and 1 more,
The mystery speaker is not listed, so they have no idea what speaker it is.
The ? speaker is the high sens Point Source.
Now Richard Gray hosts this *guess which speaker event* as he is a  master of these types of gimmicks and  has seasoned audiophiles fooled every single time.
Which speaker do you think will make top of the list in results??
I know.
The Mystery Speaker.
Then Richard pulls the curtain and reveals the winner.
 SURPRISEE
Got ya
The Hifi Guy


mozartfan
Again, an individual's central and peripheral auditory system is the largest variable in any such test

My tech geek believes audiophiles at least most, need their hearing tested, 
It was only when I had the Seas Millennium tweet on one channel a  point source on the other channel, fliped back and forth did I make the realiztion dome tweeters are dinasuars, 
The Millennium completely totally rolls off the highs,  so whats left are the mids, which sound like a  wet blanket has been thrown over the speaker.

No one really knows just how bad their speakers perform/sound until they compare them to a  quality high sensitivity speaker. 
Til then   we all think the world of our speakers. 
Troel's speakers, being the worlds best, can't match a  single high sens driver, not from say 1khz-12khz. 
As I say I have no expectations a  high sens single driver will be the Be All End All. 
I already have bass and tweeter. 
I only need the most critical driver, midrange. 
The only driver that I know which exists that can voice high fidelty for full orchestra is a  high sens Full Range, 
This has been my mantra past 6 months. 
Each day this realiztion becomes more clear and focused.
If the new tech is avaliable at a  very affordable price where anyone is able to access.
Why reject it?? 
Makes no sense.
I've been searching off/on past 40 years for a  high fidelity speaker. 
And finally  my research has paid off.
If you don't seek, you'll never find. 
Its just not going to drop out the sky. 
And I should thank a few here , mentioning the new Full Range drivers. 
This design is not popular here On Audiogon, I accept that. 
As to the whys, I have no clue.
Old dogs can't learn new tricks. 

@mozartfan     Anyone who has plugged earphones into a system that contains a Dynaco 70 amp and thinks it is an Audio Research amp is clearly deaf.

I have, and you can modify the Dynaco 70 any way you want and I guarantee you anyone can tell the difference between it and an Audio Research product.

In fact, I did just that in 1976 with an AR Dual 51 and a Dynaco 70 and a pair of STAX headphones.  (I actually did that with every piece of gear in the shop as the the STAX, while amazingly bright and harsh, were almost as revealing as the Sennheiser's of the day, which I also listened to this way.)

It was all part of my education as a young, know-it-all dealer (HA!), which included playing my Strat and Precision and Bundy cornet and other instruments live and then listening to recordings through every piece of gear in the shop.

This took me many months and many repeats, but I finally learned what reproduced sound could be and what it was not.

Tricks like blind A-B things are just tricks.  As we proved over and over, and was supported by pretty much every "audio guru" of the time, there is really no way to do scientific A-B testing due to the differences in all the items in the circuit.  Best to just take some stuff home TO YOUR ROOM and listen there to find what YOU like IN YOUR ROOM rather than pay attention to all the advertising and "measurements."

I was a successful high-end dealer because I not only educated myself, but also enabled my clients to pick WHAT THEY LIKED rather than what I knew was more accurate.

To this day, ANYONE who does not audition an item IN THEIR ROOM may make an error in judgement that they will regret.  We all like different things or there would only be one manufacturer of each part of the music reproduction system, right?

Cheers!
What is wrong with his question?  All you need to do is blind fold the listener and remove the curtain.  This would be a great experiment.