Ethernet Cables, do they make a difference?

jinjuku

Upfront payment wasn’t demanded. It was also loser pays expenses. This would all be handled after the evaluation.

Perhaps that was your offer. The proposal to which I refer required a $25,000 advance payment and agreement crafted by an attorney for the supposed "protection" of the listener.

By the way, there is no "loser" in a listening test. A listening test doesn’t really test the listener at all - that’s a misnomer. Rather, it’s an evaluation by the listener of the equipment that is under test. To suggest otherwise shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of a scientific listening test.

My offer, as it was for William, was to do this in the listeners setup. No money involved. 

Seems way more than fair to the claimant. 

jinjuku says:

Upfront payment wasn’t demanded. It was also loser pays expenses.

Then jinjuku says:

My offer, as it was for William, was to do this in the listeners setup. No money involved. Seems way more than fair to the claimant.

It looks like you've made all kinds of "offers." In any event, a scientific listening test doesn't include a "claimant" - you're compromising the validity of the test itself with that kind of notion. Remember, a listening test doesn't test the listener - it tests the equipment that is the subject of the test. Regardless of the result, it can only be strictly applied to that equipment, under those circumstances, and with that listener. That's why, if you want a scientifically valid test, you'll want a large number of samples, and that usually means a large number of listeners.

If the testing isn't scientific, it's of no value at all.

No, it tests the claim. 

And sighted evaluation, and anecdotal accounts are 100% rigorous. Gotcha.  

Guess what happens when you at 1+1 and do it 48 more times over the course of time? You increase the sample size. 

jinjuku

No, it tests the claim.

When it comes to scientifically valid double-blind listening tests, you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. You don’t even understand what it is that you’re testing.

In fact, the ideal listener involved in such a test has no "claim" and no preference whatsoever. Your notion that you’re testing the listener and his "claim" explains why you think the test will have a "loser" and why he should pay your "expenses."

Your extreme bias here is exactly why a valid test has to be double-blind. Your mere presence in the room would have the potential to taint any listening test.

Consider this: if a scientific test of a new drug has no effect on an individual, what "failed" the test? The human? Or the drug? If after two years the drug still has no effect on that individual, does it mean the drug is not effective? Or, does it mean it was not effective with that individual?

This is all very basic science.