Disturbing "Sonic Trend" showing up on most all current "Big Buck" systems!

Phelonious Ponk

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...not meaning to pull the scab off a recently healed wound but he also says...

"I find it disappointing when loudspeaker manufacturers run extensive double-blind listening tests with trained and untrained listeners where they only compare loudspeakers to each other, but not to any live source. These are strictly preference tests within a given paradigm."

Cheers

If you're referring to the Harman speaker listening tests, this is exactly correct; they are strictly preference tests. And of course every test, and every thing, is within a given paradigm.

Tim
 

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