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Old 06-06-2002, 06:09 PM   #120 (permalink)
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Well, some of this we'll have to work out when we get there.

But basically, I was thinking it would go like this:

Everybody who is going to do the listening (ie pretty much everybody I think) sits in room A. Everybody gets pen and paper, with a list from 1-20 (or whatever) to write their answers down on. The person who runs the test plays a clip (10-20 seconds). Then, a pause (while cable is or isn't changed.) Then the clip again. Everybody writes down if they heard a difference, and whether they thought the first clip, or the second clip sounded better.

Repeat this several times. Some times a "better" cable is used the second time, sometimes first. Sometimes the cable isn't switched at all. Tests should be repeated enough times so that each cable is compared with every other cable at least once. (I will be bringing a Tice Audio digital interconnect, as well as Chromy's "monster" cable. ) Of course, all this cable switching is done behind some kind of blinder, or maybe even in another room, so that nobody can see what is going on.

Also, I think the clip should be changed after 2-3 listenings, so that nobody focuses on that one clip. (I don't know if that's scientifically sound reasoning or not.)

So, anyway, once all the tests are run, then everbody can be told what each test was (by number), and whether or not anybody could pick out the high-end cable.

How does that sound? (No pun intended.)
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