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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Maxwell" data-source="post: 129363" data-attributes="member: 321">Re: New Midas M32 ConsoleI have heard of tests done where the subjects were tricked by telling them they were listening to different changes in the signal path when nothing was changed and the people said that they heard a difference, when nothing was changed. I know what I just wrote there is a bit repetitive but I was trying to accentuate the point. I have done listening tests or should I say I have as most of you on here have listened to different pieces of gear to make judgments as to whether it is any good. And there have been times where I expected it to sound better and it didn’t. If you are a pro and have been doing this long enough you know how to evaluate equipment and what sounds good and what doesn’t. And what just sounds different even if you can’t pin down exactly what it is that is different. I have been disappointed more then I care to say when evaluation sound equipment. So while a blind or double blind test might be appropriate or nice to do depending on who is listening, if you are a pro and you know what you are listening to it isn’t an invalid test to just compare the sound of different things. The times that the things didn’t live up to my expectations I have done everything possible to try figure out why it doesn’t sound better. My point is I don’t think it is pointless.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kevin Maxwell, post: 129363, member: 321"] Re: New Midas M32 Console I have heard of tests done where the subjects were tricked by telling them they were listening to different changes in the signal path when nothing was changed and the people said that they heard a difference, when nothing was changed. I know what I just wrote there is a bit repetitive but I was trying to accentuate the point. I have done listening tests or should I say I have as most of you on here have listened to different pieces of gear to make judgments as to whether it is any good. And there have been times where I expected it to sound better and it didn’t. If you are a pro and have been doing this long enough you know how to evaluate equipment and what sounds good and what doesn’t. And what just sounds different even if you can’t pin down exactly what it is that is different. I have been disappointed more then I care to say when evaluation sound equipment. So while a blind or double blind test might be appropriate or nice to do depending on who is listening, if you are a pro and you know what you are listening to it isn’t an invalid test to just compare the sound of different things. The times that the things didn’t live up to my expectations I have done everything possible to try figure out why it doesn’t sound better. My point is I don’t think it is pointless. [/QUOTE]

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