No, it is NOT. That's the point. You are given just 2 choices and told there is a difference. Bad test, proves little to nothing. (Sorry Mooly).
If someone said "I have ESP - I can predict a coin toss!" Then you flipped a coin, he called "Heads!" and was right - would you believe in his ESP? On the single flip?
The X-Y test is even worse.
I would suggest that all those hearing a distinct difference were being truthful. A person extending that, and saying that one sample was the loaded one would then depend on the person's experience of hearing behaviours like that on a regular basis - personally, I heard an immediate difference and didn't aim for anything beyond that.
To decide which is more 'correct' is a way more difficult, and demanding activity ...
-140 dB THD at 7V into 50 ohm is no problem at all.
-140 dB THD+N is a slight problem, but it can be done.
BTW: You have to make a complete spec. if you want someone to design such a thing.
Cheers
S
No problem with more complete spec if you are saying you will do it or try to. But as I said awhile back -- i am just soliciting help for David. If you are going to give it a serious run for fame, glory and a good old fashion challenge for you ... pm me.
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It looks like there is a strange reasoning happening here --- because an IC wasnt used as it would be used for a commercial product ...... the sound differences of that distortion generator is invalid? The only question from the distortion creating generator (using 100 Ohms) is what was the detectable distortion level used. Other-wise the test has no useful knowledge value to me.
THx-RNMarsh
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Because not only is it 50/50, you can just claim to hear a difference. You don't even have to get ti right. Tho some did, we don't know if it was pure luck.
No, not that simple. He supplied more than half the answer. "The circuits are different and here's how." It is certainly possible that someone really heard a difference and even identified it correctly. But we can not know that from this test. It's a just a game of chance, as far as we know.
An interesting alternative, which perhaps Mooly is considering, is deliberately loading to the point where distortion is trivially obvious, say 40R. Then do a series of tests where the load is doubled each run, to well past a value that's an issue. Test is then to have people rank them in order.
So long as the results are not used as a general wide sweeping finding for all amps or detectable levels etc. A harmonic structure change alone could give different outcome. Odds dominating or even dominating... and harmonic order changes with level, and load, too. Many tests with different amps, levels, loads, FFT's etc will be needed to plot a complete data graph(s) and see if there is a trend which could be a generalization statement.
-RNM
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