Re: For Those Who Say All SS Amps Sound the Same
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why wouldn't a sited test work, providing you did not know which amp was in use. Say an ADA1000 and a Bryston or an Emotiva side by side. I could see a bias if you put a realistic receiver against a bryston pre/pro and amp.
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Re: For Those Who Say All SS Amps Sound the Same
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If you didn't know which amp was in use wouldn't that count as a blind test ? With speakers you sometimes need a screen so you can't identify which set is playing based on where the sound seems to be coming from, but with an amp I figure all you have to do is tape over the clip indicators. I hear most people do that anyways, just like the OIL light on the car
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Re: For Those Who Say All SS Amps Sound the Same
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Bridgman has it correct - a blind test means one does not know the components being tested.
One can do a blind test of high definition TV systems, just mask out everything but the screen.
For an amp comparison, one would see the speakers, but not the amps.
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Ain't nobody taping over my blue LEDs!
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Re: For Those Who Say All SS Amps Sound the Same
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We need to have a GTG with a blind test of blue lights. This will require a lot of adult beverages.
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Re: For Those Who Say All SS Amps Sound the Same
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Ahh, Craigsub, you pulled out the comment you warned us about at the 35th...the ultimate "show stopper" - "You are welcomed to bring your amp/sub/speakers/views to my place to do controlled comparisons and have a few beverages" - ingenious of you!
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Re: For Those Who Say All SS Amps Sound the Same
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I have had poor success combining speaker evaluations with adult beverages. They quickly turn into an evaluation of music rather than speakers, and after a while nobody knows or cares which speakers are being used.
There's probably a lesson in that somewhere.
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Ahh, Craigsub, you pulled out the comment you warned us about at the 35th...the ultimate "show stopper" - "You are welcomed to bring your amp/sub/speakers/views to my place to do controlled comparisons and have a few beverages" - ingenious of you! No beverages until AFTER the listening tests are done and results turned in. Otherwise, we get what Bridgman described. I would like to have some smaller "listening GTG's" here this winter. They are a lot of fun, and quite informative.
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Ain't nobody taping over my blue LEDs! Spray paint?
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