DO CABLES REALLY MATTER?

Yes, I know that’s what you said.

Blind testing is actually not (rpt not) an indisputable tool of science or the scientific method. Especially not when it comes to audio. Blind testing was not used to discover gravity, or what gravity actually is, quantum mechanics, black holes, the Higgs boson, the velocity of light, Avagadro’s number, Planck’s Constant, the amount of dark matter in the universe, orbit mechanics, gravity waves, the distance to the edge of the universe, E= mc2, the photoelectric effect, Hubble constant, the precession of Mercury, the development of computers, the development of digital audio, or the development of the atomic or hydrogen bombs.

geoffkait"Blind testing is actually not (rpt not) an indisputable tool of science or the scientific method."

This is verifiably false and in fact blind testing is an important, essential and practical tool for use by scientists and researchers HOWEVER and this may be the point you are trying to make it is not useful as a casual, uncontrolled, indiscriminant protocol by those untrained in their design, implementation and analysis as shown above by user "prof" who thinks drug testing in scientific studies does not measure the use of the drug itself or it's interaction, result or influence on the patient but actually is a tool used by scientists to judge the patient themself! This type of misunderstanding, misinformation and confusion is unfortunate for all concerned because it conceals, confounds or obscures the value of such testing when organized, conducted, and administered with those trained in their use, interpretation and application. Most of the participants here do not have the skill, knowledge or ability to properly even discuss such tests and so it is not unreasonable or illogical for those hear to dismiss their use as an audio evaluation tool when not properly controlled such blind testing has no more validity, worth or application than any other non-scientific test, which raises doubts as to whether such blind tests are worth the effort when much simpler tests can be used and suffer no greater tendency towards false results than the improper "scientific" test.

Look, I already explained why blind tests have no meaning for audio. If blind testing was an indispensible part of the scientific method. That statement would not be true. So, for the umpteenth time, for audio blind testing is not part of the scientific method. It may be true in certain specific cases, I would have to think about it. Depends on many factors like what the test procedure is so on. You can make a blanket statement. Who cares about pharma and wine tasting? Please, no angry posts from glupson or anyone else claiming I don’t care if people die or go crazy.