Interesting thoughts on the blind tests. I agree that getting someone else to switch the wires would be essential.
I have to say that i'm interested in listening for differences myself. As a man of science i sometimes just can't believe others opinions and have to take in the experience myself to be sure the tests were done without that bias of which you speak.
I'm waiting on some 12ga wire coming in this week and i've got some 14ga and 20ga as well laying around (relatively generic stuff). Perhaps if i went over to Future Shop and picked up some Acoustic Research "high end" cables and tested them out for fun (before bringing them back) against the generic brands and different gauges i could get the wife to play assistant for the day....er...hour, to help with the blind testing.
Now i just gotta find a way to stay outta the beer fridge before the testing is finished so i don't skew my results.
