Am I the only person who hates blind tests?

[metropolis_4]

I’m ambivalent towards them. Sometimes I’ll casually watch them, other times I skip over them. No hate, no love. I don’t get anything useful out of them.

 

[Sleezy E]

seems like a waste of time to me

why would I watch something I "hate"

 

[Richard_G]

Blind tests can be very useful even in YouTube videos. But long, click-baity segments and delayed reveals just to add more ads and boost clicks quickly become tiring.

 

[SonVolt]

Blind tests on YouTube always favor which product the influencer is promoting.

 

[Chocol8]

I’m ambivalent towards them. Sometimes I’ll casually watch them, other times I skip over them. No hate, no love. I don’t get anything useful out of them.

I have done a lot of blind testing, going back to my hifi days and also with guitar gear. BUT and it is a big but, I have always conducted them and almost always participated in them in person. I don't think the YouTube version has much value, but I have found a lot of testing to be very eye opening and educational.

 

[timbuck3]

M. I do too

 

[Hollowway]

I like blind tests. Especially when they just dial it in right there, and don’t spend any time prior to the video trying to get it set up ideally. And then when they tell me they “could probably dial them in to sound closer if I spent the time.” And then when they say they sound the same, but they FEEL different, because it’s important that the viewer is blinded to the amp, but the guy playing might as well go for that confirmation bias.

I also dig when they say, “but it’s not about what I think: tell me what YOU guys think, in the comments.” Because if there’s anyone’s opinion I value more than a guy on YouTube, it’s some rando behind a screen name in the comments section.

And what I tremendously love is when the YouTuber gets a product for free, and promises me that all of his thoughts and opinions are his own. Bonus points if says he loves it, and then lists it for sale a couple of months later.

So yeah, I find it all tremendously useful.

I just like to be positive as much as I can about all this. My therapist says it helps. I got the therapist though Better Help, who sponsored some blind tests. Because I find that I like to make health decisions right in the middle of a blind test amp video.

 

[[Nathan]]

I like blind tests. Especially when they just dial it in right there, and don’t spend any time prior to the video trying to get it set up ideally. And then when they tell me they “could probably dial them in to sound closer if I spent the time.” And then when they say they sound the same, but they FEEL different, because it’s important that the viewer is blinded to the amp, but the guy playing might as well go for that confirmation bias.

I also dig when they say, “but it’s not about what I think: tell me what YOU guys think, in the comments.” Because if there’s anyone’s opinion I value more than a guy on YouTube, it’s some rando behind a screen name in the comments section.

And what I tremendously love is when the YouTuber gets a product for free, and promises me that all of his thoughts and opinions are his own. Bonus points if says he loves it, and then lists it for sale a couple of months later.

So yeah, I find it all tremendously useful.

I just like to be positive as much as I can about all this. My therapist says it helps. I got the therapist though Better Help, who sponsored some blind tests. Because I find that I like to make health decisions right in the middle of a blind test amp video.

10/10 level of comedy cross sectioning with cynicism, genuinely perfect

Show me the clips, show me the settings, let me see how far apart they are, great info.

 

[dronerstone]

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

This, cause it's utter YouTube clickbait shit.

 

[ChordInversion]

I don't care about them one way or the other, as the ones I've seen have been for sounds far different from the ones I generally go for. So I stopped watching them.

 

[newholland]

i think most times i just hate tests.

in all seriousness, the only successful method of testing for me is to buy something and live with it for a while (in my case, like a decade), and see what my application brings a piece of gear and vice versa.

 

[AlbertA]

Is your audio system really ready for lossless?

Do an ABX test in your browser, and see if you can tell the difference between lossless and lossy audio

abx.digitalfeed.net

 

[timbuck3]

 

[paisleywookiee]

M. I do too

Yeah man. How do you know what not to buy?