I see the issue with ABX blind testing

These same techno cultists will soon advocate for A.I. system knowledge connection with the brain as the only one having value then, scientists would be connected on the machine without which "purely human science " will have no  value anymore. You dont need To ABX DBT a machine and all knowledge is "standardized" and sanitized as the propagandist Popper anticipated it. Rationalism conflated with Reason .( read Michael Polanyi instead he is deeper but less known and was himself a working scientist, which Popper never was)

For these techno cultists the concept of meaning is reducible to bits.

Goethe is an idiot and their A.I. a God...

The next mankind division will be political no more , no more stupid left-right superficial debates arranged by Corporations masters as WWF wrestling matches, which only idiots only takes as serious but division between those who are connected to A.I. and those who are not for the sake of the hive.

All anticipated by the Calvinist Mandeville in 1714. Stupendous.

I think @botrytis is mixing up spirit competition where a panel of judges is used to taste and score a product with what takes place in a distillery, where only one person, a master distiller , is responsible for taste and consistency of the final product. If there was a panel blind tasting whiskey at a distillery it would resemble this thread.

When it comes to my system, I’m that master distiller.
 

Why are we still entertaining this endless flow of skeptics?

It‘s simple.  We have trolls with no real interest in audio that make comments to the contrary apparently out of boredom.  To call someone arrogant or foolish for building a stereo system based on their hearing is nuts.  Blind testing has a purpose and a place.  If a person is unsure of their own hearing to build a stereo, that‘s ok.  It doesn‘t have to be a DYI hobby.  Many people just want a turnkey stereo system so they can enjoy their music.  A dealer can set up a system that sounds good to them or they can hire someone to set up their system.  Many of us enjoy the journey almost as much as the destination.  

I go listen to someone‘s stereo and maybe I like it or maybe I don‘t.  It‘s all about my bias vs. the owner‘s.  Maybe I like a song someone else doesn‘t.  Most of the time we benefit hearing other systems and gain insight into the strengths and weaknesses of our own.  I personally do not need to be blindfolded to do that.

Imagine if car magazines tried to do double blind drive tests of cars.  Now that could get interesting.

@audphile1 I was the lab manager and fermentation expert at a distillery. We had to be trained for tasting. The American Distillers Institute has classes on it. They use base flavors and fragrances to train with. This way, one can use the same descriptors etc, for the products.

Ever see a wine wheel or whiskey wheel, probably not. Or you wouldnt be so dismissive and arrogant. Whiskey taste wheel Wine aroma wheel

Y'all really don't get it.

There are rigorous classes for Somms as well and most just can't cut it. With wine I've learned a few things but could never reach the heights of perception as my Somm friends no matter how much I try. 

One could memorize all the different cues on those wheels and still not be able to match them to what one's tasting on a consistent basis.  There's way too many factors at play. I've even seen Somms blow it on blind tastings while I got it right (only on two occasions).  Everyone does. What I taste is rarely what others do and vice versa. Sure, there's overlap in some broad areas but the nuances are always different. 

Here's a study on single malts and blends that the author disputes but the comments section leaves open the possibility that most simply cannot tell the difference between the two unless they know beforehand what they're drinking, like the study concluded. Not everyone can do it.

All the best,
Nonoise