On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:11:45 GMT, wrote:


"dave weil" wrote in message
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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 06:51:47 GMT, wrote:

"dave weil" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:04:09 GMT, wrote:

I have not auditioned it and never will, I already know what
distortion
sounds like and I want no more of it.

Well then, isn't it reckless, nay, foolish, to judge a piece of gear
without doing a DBT/ABX on it?

Not when the differences are as gross as they are with a WAVAC as anyone
can
see from the Stereophile measurements. Plenty of audible distortion.
$300,000.00 for an amp that can't produce more than 2 watts of output
power
before 1% THD.
http://stereophile.com/tubepoweramps...ac/index5.html
For that much distortion a simple A/B test would be sufficient.

Which you haven't even done. So you haven't even done the minimum.


Because there's no need. If you can't tell that the WAVAC is a piece of
**** from the review measurements, then you have no business discussing
it.

So, you've now conclusively PROVED that there's no need for double
blind testing. Thank you very much!

I win.

How many times have I and others said that when differences are gross, a DBT
is unnecessary?

How many times do you have to have it pointed out to you that you are
wrong? A dbt will surely confirm what you are saying *if* you have the
auditory acuity to discern such differences. This isn't an a priori
situation, because you haven't proven your ability in this area (who
knows what kind of hearing abnormalities you have? Who knows whether
your anti-tube bias is so overwhelming that you would automatically
hear a difference, even if there were NO difference (perhaps you might
THINK you were listening to a tube amp when in fact you weren't).

Now, if you were talking to yourself, I could have no argument. But
you are making statements to others, and you need to hold yourself to
the same standards that you hold others.

Get a properly proctored test and maybe we'll talk.