RE: Mythbusters - I beleive the problem stems from the conclusion still coming down to a subjective response rather than direct science, as better sounding can be subjective.
Re: The 61% - only 4 more people found the more expensive cables to sound better(if he didn't allow for a 'can't tell the difference' answer), so yes that could be done by chance, definitely not a big enough sample to be worth much so far as proof, but interesting none the less.
I wonder what criteria he had put on the listening session, ie: listen until you feel you can hear a difference or you have to pick one or the other, not "I can't tell a difference". If he allowed for a no difference choice then the 61% becomes an even smaller number of people that chose the more expensive cable, since he doesn't state the actual numbers, just percentage points which can be very deceiving with such a small number of people.
