borndead1 wrote:I think part of it could be because of the high ratings as well. I remember years ago they did some experiment with a group of people where they gave them 2 different wines to try. They told the participants that wine #1 was $8/bottle and wine #2 was $30/bottle (or something like that). Every participant said that wine #2 was better. The big reveal: they were both the exact same wine. People buy into hype.
My favorite experiment of this type was an awesome and conclusive "takedown" of vinyl record snob audiophiles who insist it sounds better than CD.
The experimenter got a very well-engineered, excellent-sounding classical music CD and prepared a blind A/B listening test for the vinyl snobs. The "A" version was the CD, the "B" version was that same CD mixed with surface noise (clicks, pops, hiss, etc.) from a silent part of a vinyl record. The listeners weren't told in advance what "A" and "B" were.
They listened to both, switching back and forth, and all agreed that "B" was far superior to "A", sounding more open, dynamic, lively, "lifelike" and with a "living presence" that "A" didn't have, and that it was warm and highly-detailed while "A" sounded cold, less-detailed and harsh in comparison.
Boy, they weren't happy when told that "B" was merely "A" with noise added! Hahaha, BUSTED!
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