[quote user="Clare Newsome"]
Because, IMHO, any tester bringing such a strong brand bias into a testing room is a bad place to begin.
But hey, you'd expect me to knock the competition, right?
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Wonder where this thread is going ... can't wait
I can see your point but dont think that matters as there are other representatives. That bias works every which way. Under ideal circumstances I'd say that a lot of them would recognize their products but with a perhaps unfamiliar reference system this is far from guaranteed especially when it comes to products that can 'lack a certain character' such as cd players.
Anyway, these sessions are an interesting exercise but hardly a proportionate representation of a broad cross section of listeners/hifi users nor a scientific experiment. They are fun thats it.