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In Reply to: RE: Here's what's REALLY funny: 1 Lb of Chrysoprase rocks is $8.75 on eBay, with free shipping. posted by SETguy on July 13, 2015 at 14:05:19:
Namely, when sighted listening reveals that differences can NOT be heard reliably.
Last time I engaged in blind testing was when evaluating effects of linear vs. switching power supplies for a CD ripper, used to produce WAV files. The experiment was inspired by a lengthy thread at another forum - you can find this in PC Audio forum archives here, if curious.
Such uncertainty is not the case here, with crystals. If you're concerned with removing various expectation biases, then again - these rocks cost nothing, and if anything, tubes look better WITHOUT those greenish-gray ugly pieces on top of them.
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Follow Ups
- No - I only find blind testing useful under very narrow set of circumstances. - carcass93 14:32:07 07/13/15 (2)
- By the same token,... - Lew 07:27:16 07/14/15 (1)
- The fact that various crystalline rocks, of similar size, affect sound differently..... - carcass93 08:51:19 07/14/15 (0)
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