I may be something but surely a Blind Test. Is the only true test.
Id say its more down to HOW its tested and WHO its tested with
To be scientifically viable you should be able to repeat the experiment over and over and have the same results (More or less) using random people from anywhere in the world to prove its worth
If this cannot be achieved then its NOT scientifically viable (Its how they write down the effects of drugs when you buy them these days. eg 1 in 1000 will get hot flushes or whatever)
Because of the way the tests are done we struggle to get true answers because ~
1 ~ Theyre sometimes just very badly done (ie ~ not TRUE blind tests)
2 ~ Everyones hearing is different (So what one person can perceive as a difference 90% of the time then someone else might only perceive it 10% of the time if at all. Same with eyesight obviously
3 ~ A lot of blind tests are done by 'none believers' and so use very poor equipment anyways in the belief that if theres a change then youll tell no matter WHAT its played through (Main reason all amps sound the same I believe)
If I was to conduct a blind test id choose the top 1% of 5000 people say (The ones who can 'constantly' tell differences in whatevers being tested) and use state of the art hifi equipment (So any changes at all should be so very easy to percieve instead of being played on budget stuff with cheap cr*p cables etc) . I would also carefully choose the music not just choose it randomly (ie ~ something with a clear bass beat of which I can personally tell differences quite easily)
Of course by me setting the blind test up in this way (if indeed I could) its no longer scientifically viable ~ go figure...................
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