I am sure that you are not jealous, petty , narrow minded more than most of us anyway , and you are serious as we are ...
This does not means that all i did in my room incrementally had no value for me because i used simple blind test and not Double blind test with controllers ...
Insisting so much on double blind test mark you as an objectivist attacking subjectivist crowd here ...It is inescapable ...
Why not criticizing double blind test protocol as being impracticable in individual audio optimization with a specific system/room/ears ?
Accepted knowledge as you said dont bother itself with the difference a piece of shungite on an amplifier can do compared to a piece of quartz, does it means this experiment is preposterous because i did not wait for James Randi double blind test to perceive it ?
The actual state of science so extraordinary it appear technologically by the way is primitive compared to what we can foresee with a small imagination grounded in the last decades discoveries ...
Now read me right , i think sound qualities exist and are improved for perception by psycho-acoustics discoveries applied in audio ... This dont means that i cannot made my own experiment which will have a value for me not for all others ...
“You clearly said that double blind test is the only way to accept any hearing experience as valid...”
Not what I said. When done well they serve as objective evidence of real audible differences or lack there of. Sighted anecdotal evidence is simply unreliable and doesn’t work as evidence. Particularly when the anecdotes run contrary to accepted knowledge.
I don’t think anyone here is actually thinking about what I am saying. It looks like they are trying to force what I say into their safe stereotypes to protect their beliefs. The idea that there can even be an audiophile who has actually had extensive experience with “high end” tweaks, cables, amps etc. And is perusing state of the art audio regardless of price. And is genuinely committed to finding out what affects sound quality and what does not. And does not share their beliefs is just plain scary. My position can’t be written off as a lack of experience or jealousy or narrow mindedness.