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Old 24th September 2008   #20
cgarges
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Originally Posted by virtualsamana View Post
Why do you think the test is ridiculous?
Because there's a huge difference in being able to correctly identify a number of specific amps and being able to tell if there's a difference. Those are two entirely different concepts. That's sort of like asking ten people to do an impression of WC Fields and then saying that because you can't tell who's doing which impression, there's no difference in the impressions.

I'm not even sure why I'm bothering to discuss this. I feel sorry for anyone making records that can't hear that there's a difference in a Crown XLS202 and a Bryston 4B. I can't make someone hear that difference, but I'm certainly not going to hire someone who can't to record something for me.

Chris Garges
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