"Laurence Payne"
"Phil Allison"

** Well, goodness me - Arny has just provided us all with a perfect
example of exactly what I just complained about him.

I did NOT write that article on the ESP site in order to praise ABX
testing,but rather to BURY it !!

But what you SAID was:

"Many of you will know about the ABX system for doing audio
comparisons. No doubt it is a very fine piece of design but out of
reach for the average person. Some years ago I felt that a much
simpler device would at least allow me to do comparisons on power
amplifiers while the music played in a similar way to ABX."

You praise ABX but find it too expensive to set up.

** Nothing like what I said at all !!

Most folk have heard of ABX, so I mentioned it as a reference WITHOUT
commenting on how or how well it works.


Your use of "at least" states that you see your method as a cut-price
alternative


** Nothing like what I said.

The " at least " refers to power amplifiers being the most suitable subject
for my test - and they were the only things I ( and most folk ) wanted to
compare.

The lower cost is simply due to the elegance of the concept, which is that
of an instant, seamless changeover at the whim of the listener.

This is of course ENTIRELY unlike the long, tedious, complicated &
ultimately unconvincing statistical method used by the literal thinking Arny
with his original ABX contraption.

So it buries it.



....... Phil