Since everyone's talking about the double-blind study again and as one of the (probably) few people on HN who's seriously played a Strad, I feel obligated to li

Since everyone's talking about the double-blind study again and as one of the (probably) few people on HN who's seriously played a Strad, I feel obligated to link to my previous comment on the matter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12095164 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12095164 TL;DR—fine antique violins seems to have a wider range of good tone colors available than modern instruments, but these tone colors take significant practice with the instrument (months, not minutes) to discover.