Am I the only person who hates blind tests?

[crispsandwich]

It makes me unreasomably angry when I go to watch an A/B video and the creator does the whole infantilising "Now, here is a blind test" speech. I hate it. Just show me which is fucking which!

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Don't be so unreasomable!

 

[Orvillain]

No. I like them. I like being surprised by my own preconcieved notions and how wrong they can be.

 

[crispsandwich]

No. I like them. I like being surprised by my own preconcieved notions and how wrong they can be.

Fair enough. I figured that I am in the minority tbh .

 

[Orvillain]

Fair enough. I figured that I am in the minority tbh .

I bet you don't even actually like crisp sandwiches do ya?!

 

[laxu]

I don't like the "wait until next video for the reveal" followups.

 

[crispsandwich]

I bet you don't even actually like crisp sandwiches do ya?!

No, I do. They are excellent. White bread, obviously. Buttered, obviously.

 

[Orvillain]

No, I do. They are excellent. White bread, obviously. Buttered, obviously.

I mean, obviously!!!

I'm going to eat a crisp sandwich for lunch today, in your honour sir.

 

[Cirrus]

My left brain likes them. My right brain knows they're pointless.

 

[Orvillain]

My left brain likes them. My right brain knows they're pointless.

Crisp sarnies??

 

[James Freeman]

I like blind tests in forum posts where you can play the sample and click the "reveal" button and see the results.

On youtube? Nah that's clickbait shit that can fof pronto.

 

[2dor]

I like blind tests but only when I have the guitar in my hands.

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Necessary evil.

I can’t say I find them that entertaining at all, but sometimes the results are surprising when bias is removed. Our brains kind of suck at being objective. And I do enjoy hearing other people’s perception of the same sounds, it focuses me to hear things in other ways. They’ve certainly helped me to learn a lot about dialing in amps, and guitar tones, and helped me discover what actually causes differences.

I tend to share them partly because having feedback from a larger pool of people is interesting, and also partly because there seems to be people interested in hearing things compared. Aside from that, it’s dull AF.

 

[FuzzyAce]

My left brain likes them. My right brain knows they're pointless.

Same.
Comparison vids can be interesting, kind of like @MirrorProfiles preamp shootout, and at least he tells you which is which.
The thing is, any one of them could be used "successfully" to create something. Commitment has become more important to me. Use that thing or sound to your advantage instead of searching for what you perceive as the best thing. There is no best thing.