Are there other people like me ? Amazed by their low cost system :)

For sure you are right in my book... 😊

Discarding all audiophiles with blind test is as silly as approving all of them ...

We must learn how to hear and how to listen  all our life...Especially if we are not acousticians or maestros or skilled musicians...

The buffoon in the white coat getting high n mighty on the linked vid doesn’t seem to understand that there is a big difference in the test subject pool.

For example, i have 5 violins, an instrument i’ve been closely associated with for 40+ years. I could play something on two of them and no one in the room would hear a difference between the 2 instruments. But, i sure as hell can...If you played some violin solos on different equipment, it is fairly easy for me to pin point which is which. Play something else like....some twangy country or Diana Krall squealing away and i could give a rats behind on what i heard or not, failed a blind test or not.

It would be silly to say that every test subject out there is trained the same way, has the same ears. The typical "audiophile" is not the best test subject if you wanna get hardcore with the blind test (play it to the bone).

If I go broke, I'll find my way of living and I'll find the way to build stereo off the scraps in the dumpsters. In the worst case, I'll invest into accordion and play it  on the streets myself with open case for spare cash!

For sure you are right in my book... 😊 Discarding all audiophiles with blind test is as silly as approving all of them ... We must learn how to hear and how to listen  all our life...Especially if we are not acousticians or maestros or skilled musicians...

There is a certain caliber of professional out there, i.e., their entire livelihoods on a daily basis are dependent on how trained and astute their ears are. Here is an example of an individual who would make for a good test subject...if vocals are being tested perhaps (would translate to equipment just fine).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH6_Lk9E7gE&t=616s

I am merely a hobbyist musician w.r.t one specific instrument, i.e., my livelihood is not dependent on it. I know many other professional musicians (golden eared dudes) who are extremely skilled at what they do. When a list of such test subjects are compiled, the ASR white coat buffoon running blind tests with some agenda will be put in his place.

Do you really think a group of 70+ year old audiophiles/gear tweakers have the same ability to participate in blind tests like pro musicians and the like? It is simply not possible.

The late Ken Ishiswata could pass blind tests on high enough hires sample rates that no one could discern. Does every forum audiophile have that type of training/hearing? No, he doesn't.

I have a few secondary systems that are quite low cost and sound very very good...but my higher cost system sounds much better, as it should...though I could be quite happy with a quality connected low cost system...no magic here