Stereophile is not a peer reviewed journal publication. That data is not acceptable as proof of anything until it passes such rigorous reviews.
That begin said, i think Saturn pretty much nailed it, although the end conclusion is off. You may be able to measure a difference in some esoteric statistic, but no, the human ear is NOT that accurate and the human ego leads one to thinking they are.
Your research should now follow the route of medical science. Start looking up the limits of human hearing such as the minimum time required for the ear to distinguish two separate notes.
Detecting jitter in picoseconds?
You're dreaming.
Try looking up some of the old posts where all these ideas were already hashed through by sushi and Semi.
