DBT'S are another valuable tool in evaluating equipment...
No one is saying that anyone needs to check their own judgements...ignorance is bliss, and I don't mean that in a bad way, if you like the cheaper/more expensive one for whatever reason then by all means ,whatever makes you happy...
John,
I completely agree, it is simply a problem of practicality...
2 problems...
#1. how quickly can you switch from A to B ?
#2. how long does it take to properly calibrate a piece of gear in your room and who would you trust to buy it for you blind and do all those set-ups...
In...
2 possible scenarios that would work...in your own home people bring in an unknown (to you) product that you wish to compare to your own (perhaps within a certain pre-determined price range) and remove you from your own room and switch out that piece (or not) and play some musical selections and...
This ability is what I regaurd aS the most important benifit of working in a retail ce store...of course I don't sell every brand so it helps when a bunch of us find out what we think is best in a relative price point(in the mid-hifi gear we often reach a concencuss, but not always) and then...
Actually , I've mostly been a "law of diminished returns" kinda guy ;hearing more diferances between equipment towards the lower end of the pricing scale while having progressively more trouble distinguishing between the middle to high/ high to esoteric catagories....yes I try to do crude blind...