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by davidrhunt
3285 days ago
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> This is a very wrong assumption. The citation provided further down in the article is [1]. Dr. Olive is thorough in attempting to remove sources of bias and conducts a set of fully double blind listening tests in order to come to the conclusion: "The results provide evidence that trained listeners preferred the headphones perceived to have the most neutral, spectral balance". > A good test for intermodulation distortion (the big white elephant in the audio room) will REALLY give you a hint of which headphone will be least annoying to the ear when listening to loud complex music like classical music, vocal music, etc. Where is this proven? [1] http://seanolive.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-relationship-betwe... |
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It is common, generally-accepted knowledge in the audio industry.
There are many, many papers on this, since the early 1930s.