Re: The AES Repudiates SACD, DVD-A, and the high resolution audio myth




"John Atkinson" <Stereophile_Editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Oct 30, 11:40 am, MiNe 109 <smcelr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1193743386.114404.323...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John Atkinson <Stereophile_Edi...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In years past EBM organized blind listening tests at an AES
convention that found that listeners could not distinguish a CD
from a copy of that CD made on TDK cassette tape. I guess
that makes him a "cassette bigot": :-)

Blind testing: is there nothing it can't do?

In the hands of a master, it can produce any desired result.

Apparently that is one reason why John seems to favor blind tests and why I
favor double blind tests.


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