>However, all I'll say is, it's very different to hear or feel a difference, than to prove it 100% without any doubt in the exacting conditions of an ABX test.

>However, all I'll say is, it's very different to hear or feel a difference, than to prove it 100% without any doubt in the exacting conditions of an ABX test. You behave differently and aim your listening at different things in the special case of critical testing, than when normally listening. so what you are saying is you know what sounds better if you read the label BEFORE listening to it? :) There is almost always a difference, no one is claiming otherwise. Pointing which one is closer to the original (not "better", because "better" might mean louder/overdriven bass) is the real test, and EVERY SINGLE audiophool to date fails at this point - Randi foundation did run a $1M pot for someone to spot a difference between 'audiophile grade' power/speaker cables versus coat hangar at one point. http://www.bostonaudiosociety.org/bas_speaker/wishful_thinking.htm http://www.bostonaudiosociety.org/bas_speaker/wishful_thinki...