Re: One more try...


"Don Pearce" <donald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:44:22 GMT, John Richards wrote:
>
>> With all the references to ABX, double blind and other scientific methods
>> of
>> comparing audio equipment, can anyone refer me to documentation
>> supporting
>> these tests that prove that current inexpensive audio electronics
>> (specifically CD players and amplifiers) sound the same as the expensive
>> stuff. So far, all I have seen are statements that these tests prove
>> that
>> there are no differences, but without narrowing that statement to
>> identify
>> specific brands and model numbers as well as any compatibility issues
>> (amplifier to speaker interface), I am left to conclude that ALL
>> inexpensive
>> components sound identical to ALL the expensive stuff. Is this what is
>> being claimed?
>
> No. There are pathologically bad examples of cheap stuff. There are rather
> more pathologically bad examples of high-priced stuff. The middle end
> stuff
> does tend to sound the same as the better high-end.

No problem there.

>
> Speakers are excluded of course.

Of course.

But to the point, can you actually identify some of these "good" examples of
the middle end stuff (and possible any cheap stuff if there is any) that
sound the same, based on scientific comparisons, as some of the "good"
high-priced stuff? Please include references to the documentation of these
comparisons including, for amplifiers, any issues concerning the
amplifier/speaker interface.


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