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Originally Posted by BringItBack

When medical science tells people they are terminally ill and they survive far beyond the prognosis - science loses! We all know science suffers a thousand defeats for every victory - that's part of the scientific method and progress.

Medical science will never tell you you will die for sure when you are terminal.
They would say that it is very very propable that you will die.
Also, they don't want to get peoples hopes up cause despite the fact that there are exceptions the chances are slim.

The first thing true scientists learn about before conducting any controlled experiments are the outliers and anomalies - they generally do this so they can perform the experiments with the median/standard deviation in mind (or to exclude the anomalies) , already knowing the extremes and that some exceptions to the rule exist.

That is exactly what a null test is.
Extremes are that either something nulls or not.
No exceptions unless the computor magicly does weird stuff to numbers (cause you'd be unable to run your OS on it if it did that).

The "onus" would be on the "scientists" who feel the need to argue with individuals based on descriptions of the individual's own perceptions.

Since it's the Samp believers that claim it sounds better the onus in on their side.
The scientists only say: Show me the money.
But alas, no money as of yet...

Then the scientists help a hand and say, look here we have a test that can show if there is indeed a difference, and the samp believers scurry back under the rock they came from.
Coincidence?
I Dont Think So.

A more valid argument would be posed by determining the factors that lead so many people to hear these subtle differences and examining whether the results had more to do with psychological factors or physiological factors and of the people who can do this consistently - what is different about them in particular?

yup, i'd like to see a test like that done properly.

Science has its place, but it's only half the battle for musicians - specs can point you in the right direction but you still (should) use your ears to decide whether you want a piece of equipment even when you blindly trust those specs.

Have to agree on that.

Personally, I choose the science behind the sound of Samplitude - whatever makes it do what it does works well for me.

Nope, you chose the individual's own perceptions (namely, yours) of Samplitude.
If there is science behind your choise then i'd like to see it.