Originally Posted by
Marco
Who says so? Who is this "no-one" you're referring to? Certainly not me, nor I don't think, Dominic, who can clearly hear a difference and has passed a blind test before.
Spot on Marco and I will give an instance of that. I participated in a blind ABX session and after 2 full hours of struggle, myself and the rest of the panel were on the verge of slitting our wrists, as it was very stressful, tedious, monotonous and seemed aimless very quickly. We all breathed a huge sigh of relief when it ended and were just about to do a runner for the kitchen for some refreshments when we were told to do just one more final test just between cable A and cable B using one 2 minute music excerpt, which we did, then rushed out for the welcome cup of coffee.
Narurally, we were very keen to see the results and we managed 52% in the ABX, but wait for this . . . . . we knocked out a full 100% with all 9 participants in identifying that cable B was the pure silver cable and cable A was the generic power cord, which is amazing considering how tired and thoroughly jaded we all were by then.
It was that first hand experience of actually being there that formed my conclusion that ABX tests were in no way a suitable methodology to evaluate mains cable claims.
CD player = Marantz CD6006
DAC/pre = Rotel RC 1572
Power amp = ADA PF201
Speaks = Quadral Chromium Style 6