On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:55:54 -0000, "Paul B" wrote:

What I'm suggesting is that anyone is going to get fairly confused listening
to the same piece of music to be able to distinguish between any 2 cables.
If the same person cannot distinguish runs with the same cable but with a
fair degree of inductance/resistance/capacitance added, I would speculate
(rightly or wrongly) that a low score with just different cables *as well*,
points to the test method being unsatisfactory on its own.

They clearly aren't going to get confused, because they report that
they can distinguish the cables by listening to the same piece of
music. You are still failing to appreciate the point of the whole
thing - it is not an attempt to find out if it is possible to hear the
differences between two cables, which could lead to such confusion. It
is an attempt to verify whether *already reported* differences do in
fact have a physical manifestation, or are simply delusional. If they
are real, the effect will persist under blind conditions.

Of course if they do find it at all confusing to keep listening to the
same piece of music, they are perfectly free to put on another piece -
and another, and another and another until they are happy.

d

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