Re: [ARSCLIST] ABX for Dummies

[Frank Strauss <fbsdmd@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> 3. I very much enjoyed your "shades of paint" scenario, but now allow me
> to propose a different one. A salesman comes to my house with a bag of
> exotic crystals that he swears will make a my recordings sound closer to
> the original when placed in a corner. If I fail to hear the differenceof
> crystals vs. no crystals, could I be blamed for not buying them if my
> budget is limited? That is all some of us are trying to do: trying to
> figure out what to spend our money and resources on --and it seems the
> weight of the proof should be on the positive hypothesis. (Also, I would
> submit that if I painted my mother's house with Pewter Fog instead of
> Pearl Mist, she would not be able to tell the difference).
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> Cheers,
>
> marcos
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> However, if you painted part of the house with Pewter Fog and then
continued on and finished the house with Pearl Mist, your mother would
always look at the spot where the two colors meet, and say, "Something's not
quite right there, but I'm not sure what."  Happens with car repairs all the
time.
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Frank B Strauss, DMD