Resistor Sound Quality Shootout

[Evenharmonics]

Perhaps, but I think Jakob2 has a clue

Since you are new here, some background info on him may help you.
"there are ties, as audio development was and is part of my work."

 

[billshurv]

I. In some areas like the serie signal after a buffer of a DAC I'm able to perceive listening differences with for instance two Allen Bradley : one 1/4 W the other 1/8 W : experiences made without soldering so just the contact of the leads through the holes/vias w/o soldering

Riiiight. You realise this makes any opinions even worse than useless?

 

[Jakob2]

YOU-HAVE-NO-CLUE-ON-STATISTICS

Or better said, you must have, but make up ridiculous statements in bad faith.

You are POISONING this thread.

Sorry, but you're simply mistaken.
It depends solely on the research topic that the experimenter wants to address with the sensory tests.
If he want to get some estimates for the population, he needs bigger samples, but if the hypothesis is, if at least one human is able to detect a difference, then a sample of one listener is sufficient.

As stated before, what we "know" about the thresholds of hearing (that you've briefly mentioned) is based on the results of sample groups basically too small, but the results give better estimates than no results.

In the 1940s some experiments were done with huge sample groups (up to ~23.000) but these were rare exceptions and we know from the results that the best participants did one or two orders of magnitude better than the average (but the threshold number is usually the estimate of the average) while otoh a lot of people got worse results.

But again, beside these experiments, all we need is one listener being able to differentiate the EUTs/DUTs with replications to a sufficient degree.

And "proof" is not avaliable, all we can expect is evidence/corrobation based on probabilities.

 

[rayma]

Since you are new here, some background info on him may help you.

In my experience over a number of decades, many of the most highly capable listeners naturally gravitate to,
and become involved with, the audio industry in some capacity. There is certainly nothing wrong or suspect
about that. Your comment has no relevance whatsoever, is an attempt to create hostility, and is unwelcome.

 

[billshurv]

. I, too, was called a number of things, and my honesty questioned.

You also were possibly the only member who had to be chaperoned on the forum for being generally rude to people. You have to take as well as you give.

 

[rayma]

But again, beside these experiments, all we need is one listener being able to differentiate
the EUTs/DUTs with replications to a sufficient degree. And "proof" is not avaliable, all we
can expect is evidence/corrobation based on probabilities.

Exactly.

 

[Jazz Man]

Since you are new here, some background info on him may help you.
"there are ties, as audio development was and is part of my work."

So says his profile, your post shows your bias and has backfired.

 

[JMFahey]

Valued Forum Members are starting to be fed up with this stupid thread.

At one point it was sort of fun arguing with the brain dead or the malicious, simply to flex (mind) muscles a little, but it soon loses even that minimal interest, seeing it leads nowhere; certainly NOT towards Audio Improvement.

 

[JMFahey]

It's not? How can you tell?

Easy.

Zero ohm shorts any voltage and current across preamp input; if not, it´s not zero

Two curves are shown side by side in the same graph, showing that.

 

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