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I think that's a lazy argument. Context matters a great deal, and "blind AB tests" don't mean what you think they mean. I play guitar, and have recorded/produc
by beat 7y ago
I think that's a lazy argument. Context matters a great deal, and "blind AB tests" don't mean what you think they mean.
I play guitar, and have recorded/produced numerous albums. When I'm playing, I can easily tell the difference between subtleties like which kind of guitar pick I'm using. But listening back to recordings of my own playing that I made, I sometimes couldn't even tell you which guitar I used.
Now, I don't think you're suggesting that all guitars sound alike here. But as an example of the kind of context distortion of the AB test, that's what it suggests.
- jdietrich 7y ago"Context" in this context is placebo. If one headphone amp genuinely sounds better than another, then it should reliably win in blind tests. If you need to see the nameplate on the amp to know that it sounds better, then it doesn't actually sound better in any meaningful way. If you can't tell your guitars apart blindfolded, that's nature's way of telling you that you own too many guitars.