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I just could not find any constructive way to make any comments in this thread without controversy or creating animosity, even though it has fascinated me to no end!!

However, as to Randy's audiophile assertion requirements...I double majored undergrad engineering and biology (with my senior thesis on nearfield and Fairfield sound underwater), got a masters and PhD in Neurophysiology and Neuropharmacology( with Neru means lots and lots of electronics, computers, sensation analysis etc and a Doctoral thesis on psychoactive and autonomic effects of the Tetrohydrocannabinols), and a MD and residency with research training in Anesthesiology, so all boxes ticked, AND I still consider myself a very novice audiophile compared to many here who spend their lives in direct, daily, continuing contact with state of the art products, new processes and evolving mediums. I believe in most cases that is more important, given a at least a basic understanding of the science, rather than a deep understanding that I have, without daily immersion in audio.

And I guess I do have to add to this thread there is a reason that most scientific studies involving humans and responses are double blinded! AND INCLUDE A PLACEBO TO ASCERTAIN THAT EFFECT.. BG...
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Northern--you are a pot expert AND an anesthesiologist?

Oooo.. northern, you just said double blind. I’m afraid you’ll have to leave. 😁

...and we all start edging into the surreal....

Geo, you're absolutely Right.  As a skeptic, I ought to investigate...IF interested, which I'm not so much.   Given my 'listening space', which is light years from being 'optimal' (you'd be appalled, really), I do what I can with it...

I don't 'get' the 'religious aspect' of the discussion mentioned, but faith is a wonderful thing in general as long as one doesn't opt for the 'ISIS approach".  Bombing and beheading the opposition into compliance in regard to one's audio tastes might be an option but let's leave that to the 'cable and interconnect' crowd.  They seem a bit more 'religious' about it...

Yes, the previous Does drip enormous amounts of sarcasm....sorry about the stains on your monitors.   Windex....;)

(Maybe I should just toss it and become a pro troll....I do suspect that some would rather stuff my keyboard into an appropo orifice and hope for an early and quiet end to my 'absurdvations'...*sly S*)

"It's all too much...."   

Northernescape
And I guess I do have to add to this thread there is a reason that most scientific studies involving humans and responses are double blinded! AND INCLUDE A PLACEBO TO ASCERTAIN THAT EFFECT.. BG...

Nope, doesn’t work for audio. Might be OK for pharma. There are just too many reasons the tests can be done wrong for audio. Therefore nothing can be concluded if the test results are negative. Best to just throw them out. In audio we see the threat of controlled blind tests frequently, and the dreaded placebo effect and it’s ugly sister, expectation bias, you know, as if the mere threat of such is sufficient to scare the opposition into submission or "prove" the controversial device under consideration must be a hoax or scientifically impossible.

"Most scientific studies...." Lol.

Double blind tests. Ewwwwww!