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With usual my computer speaker (Bose companion 3),best sound (0:17), 2nd best (0:50), Worst (1:08).
This shows the difference between listening to sound where we know what we’re hearing and can be influenced vs a blind test.
I agree. Human ears are tricky and our hearing is influenced always.
While I agree on your above statement, below things should be clear. The info about ABX material must be clear and correct.
1) My audio system sound is cleanest in the world (in reproduction audio) and it shows coloration of 4 PC’s sounds clearer than any other system. Editing video damages the sound in it. Your video sound is very different from my video. Your video is colored like other video’s sound. So, it is harder to hear the difference.
2) You wrote there are 7 PCs but it was not 7 PCs. Some were just repeat. It’s like a trap and bring a confusion.
IDing the sound is hard and you had wrong info with degraded sounds. You believe they are same sounds but it’s not. It’s not a good ABX case.
I and many a’philes I took decades to earn seasoned ears. Seasoned ears (who can hear the cleaner, un-veiled, less colored sound) can hear more easily (still not easy) the clean and better sound. However, it is very hard (impossible?) for un-seasoned ears (listening harsh sounds for all life) to hear the clean and better sound. It will take some times to have open-ears. Not in a couple of minutes for sure. Alex/WTA