Power cable blind test results

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Power cable blind test results

Postby krabapple » Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:06 pm

..featuring hilarious examples of psychological effects, e.g., the same cable (with different labels) being named as best and worst-sounding by the same person.

follow the links on this thread:

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/ind ... opic=45432
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Postby lukpac » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:47 am

It would be interesting to perform more tests with those that got it right to see if things are reproducible or not.
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Postby krabapple » Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:50 am

Check out Pio's and ff123's comments on the wigwam thread and hydrogenaudio, for more about increasing the power of the test.
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Postby Patrick M » Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:22 pm

lukpac wrote:It would be interesting to perform more tests with those that got it right to see if things are reproducible or not.

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Postby digital » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:52 pm

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Probably old news round' here, but just in case:

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_1 ... -2004.html

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Postby krabapple » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:59 pm

digital wrote:.
Probably old news round' here, but just in case:

http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/volume_1 ... -2004.html

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