I see the issue with ABX blind testing

How is it that we see black on a white projection screen?

@audphile1 You say I wasn't there at the original recording, well I was I spend many many many many decades recording sound all over the world at the highest level in studios, churches, opera houses, castles trains and city streets I do know how the actors voice sound when your having lunch with them and understanding the differences when you're recording them with a different microphone than you usually use or listening to them on different monitors. The differences are not about cables or even the level of noise in the preamp the differences are acoustic.

In recording the limitations are always acoustic, the microphones you use are determined by how the instrument or voice sounds in that room at that level with still more considerations about the public address operator and his system and how loud the bass is and where the drummer is or on a movie set where the electric generator is that you can't move and it's to close to use your favorite microphone. Just like in recording acoustics is number 1 in playback acoustics is number 1 the speakers are like the microphone (use the best one you've got) the playback environment is like the recording studio it makes the most difference. When someone wants to sell you an expensive cable smile and nod then look around your room where you can improve your acoustics. 

@mahgister Always talking about acoustics, he is right and I say that with a unique perspective making recording all over the world and listing to my own recording all over the world. 

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 was falling into this trap when I first put the Transparent cables in place and though it took 15 minutes I was sure that they sounded better. Later after swapping back I could see there was no difference. 

My dealer says that no one has ever returned cables after an audition in his 45 years experience. His opinion is that Super was not a high enough level to notice and he would like to bring by Ultra or better and witness the swap and resulting sound himself. 

In my experience there is a very strong motivation to hear an improvement because you want your system to sound the best that it can and if others say that better cables produce better sound then you should hedge your bets and get the best cables you can afford. I'm willing to bet that a second sub will have a much bigger effect than a cable swap at a fraction of the cost.

Thanks for all of your responses.

Adding a second sub is almost always a great idea, and if you’re having difficulties hearing significant improvements with much pricier cables then I agree you will almost certainly hear a bigger improvement with a second, properly dialed-in sub.  FWIW.

dwcda OP

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