The test design and results are still wide open to interpretation. A "what we know is all there is" bias can also mess things up. Just look at what can happen when sample X (THD = 0.1%) is compared to sample Y (THD = 0.02%). If sample X gets better reviews, the additional 0.08% distortion is postulated as a possible reason, ahead of any number of other, unknown reasons. And for 'other' reasons to gain any traction, they have to become known.
That is correct, but that is just a poor conclusion.
Which unfortunately also happens very often in scientific papers, that's why it's always VERY important to read the whole context and information. That's also the main reason why not every paper is being respected and taken over by the scientific community as whole.
The best way to see it, is a kind of dialogue.
Anyway, this still doesn't have much to do with a dubbel blind ABX as a method itself, but just all other things around it.
Without such a blind tests, you still have the same problems and even worse conclusions.
Assuming you have a sufficient baseline quality, then yes, to a [very] significant point. You could have a speaker using the 'best' (whatever that might mean) drivers in the world, but if the designer is incompetent, it isn't likely to sound very good. All the proof you need of that can be found at high end audio shows and magazines.
yes this is what I tried to debug between the said alu/Mg vs alu , i.e. Seas vs SB Acoustics.
The suit... well I do not know, I think of course it will ask more work for a guy like me than an experienced one making a speaker a year from 10 years. I have just a diy loudspeaker picture on the side of my cockpit ! So sorta of young pilot !
The suit... well I do not know, I think of course it will ask more work for a guy like me than an experienced one making a speaker a year from 10 years. I have just a diy loudspeaker picture on the side of my cockpit ! So sorta of young pilot !
Hi Charles; this is OT and a bit late, but have you seen diyaudio member suzyj's diy bikes? They're absolutely fantastic. This lady has some incredible hand skills if you look around her blog. https://www.suzyj.net/2011/
I do like a nice steel frame. However these seem to be lugged and brazed which compared to aluminium welding is relatively easy.
It took me about 6 days to pick up brazing to the extent that fillet joints did not need any filing and 60 minutes for lugged joints when I started working at Dawes Cycles.
To produce decent aluminium welds took me nearly 6 months.
It took me about 6 days to pick up brazing to the extent that fillet joints did not need any filing and 60 minutes for lugged joints when I started working at Dawes Cycles.
To produce decent aluminium welds took me nearly 6 months.
Here we have some bautifull bikes made from bambou frame thermo shaped.
https://bambouenfrance.fr/velo-bambou-bois/
https://bambouenfrance.fr/velo-bambou-bois/
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We're well off topic, but I do find that bamboo bike frames always look a bit crude. I find hardwood frames to be more elegant. I own and ride but certainly did not build this one, which was made from white oak reclaimed from old whisky barrels. It seems to have good vibration damping properties, it is very quiet and comfortable on the road.
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I was just referring to the link you posted to the steel bikes at Officina Bataglin, as Suzy's look similar. Well, I was impressed by the workmanship anyway, considering she'd never done anything like that before and didn't have the luxury of an already-established bicycle workshop. The polished lugs, dropouts and flawless paint are fabulous in my eyes. Maybe her beautifully made DIY sailing boat might be more impressive. Or maybe not. 🙂