I think percentage wise those who couldn’t distinguish between A and B isn’t a majority , as per the numbers provided. It’s the same percentage as those who preferred the cheaper system.Possible. But to get a number of people with the same motivation? That’s a large conspiracy!!!
Anyhow we can only draw limited conclusions from the results. As in any good research care needs to be taken in how far we can interpret the findings and what the shortcomings of the study were.
In this case we can say that a majority could not distinguish clearly between A and B
It may go against our entrenched beliefs but that’s the finding/result.
If facts don’t align with our beliefs then best to check our premise?
38 people , assuredly audiophiles, participated in the test. Of course it is too small a sample to draw any statistical conclusion, but I feel if the differences between the setups were stark enough , the percentages would have been heavily skewed for the expensive system , which is not the case here.
All other variables are same for both the setups.
Didn’t get FM @Kannan ’s point about wobbly stands.The ATC SCM 12s are standing on pretty professional looking stands as far as I can see.
Furthermore the more expensive gear is kept on more expensive racks to nullify that argument too.