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It doesn't seem like a blind test when the subjects are saying things like "With the soundbar, it sounded more like a ‘front and back’ effect rather than a wra
by exporectomy 5y ago
It doesn't seem like a blind test when the subjects are saying things like
"With the soundbar, it sounded more like a ‘front and back’ effect rather than a wraparound effect.”"
Am I misunderstanding something?
- growt 5y agoMaybe after the test it was revealed what was what. So they can refer to the soundbar, when for the test it was only known to be "Speaker B".
- johnchristopher 5y agoWhich defeats the purpose of a blind test.
- stripline 5y agoI had assumed they did a truly blind test, then asked them for opinions on the sound. After they got that feedback, they revealed the systems and price and asked, with this new info what would you get?
- johnchristopher 5y agoWell, the way it's phrased it seems like they asked for opinions after revealing which device they are discussing.
- georgecmu 5y agoThey were unblinded after the tests to enable a discussion: After the listening tests, I showed the systems to Major and Gonda, discussed the prices and features, and concluded by asking them which type of system they’d be more likely to buy.
- exporectomy 5y agoThen any opinion they give after knowing is worthless. Why bother publishing that?
- meragrin_ 5y agoThe article is not detailed enough to say whether the quality of the sound choice was given prior to the deeper discussion. Given the writer thought a blind test was important, I would imagine they would have gotten the quick pick before revealing the systems. Even though both participants picked the full system as the best sounding, they both also said they would probably buy the sound bar over full system. The true point of the article is to answer the question of whether the sound bar quality has advanced far enough that people would choose them over full systems despite the quality difference.
- technothrasher 5y agoI believe when the article says, "We decided to try to answer this question in the most scientific way possible" they were using hyperbole, as the test was clearly not scientifically rigorous.