Most loudspeaker reviews rely on sighted listening susceptible to bias
Evidence
Product reviews are extremely popular. … The majority of these reviews employ the sighted “take it home and listen to it” method, which we know to be susceptible to bias and adaptation (see Section 1.4). — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1079
Categorization
- QUESTION: Why do so few publications adopt blind testing when the bias risk is documented? An institutional-incentive question worth pursuing.
- XREF: connects to: Internet audio reviews lack bias control and thus unreliable evidence — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1084; Sighted listening evaluations are biased regardless of listener expertise — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1949; Sighted loudspeaker evaluations are contaminated by non-auditory visual and social cues — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 50 (+5 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Internet audio reviews lack bias control and thus unreliable evidence — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1084; Sighted listening evaluations are biased regardless of listener expertise — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1949; Sighted loudspeaker evaluations are contaminated by non-auditory visual and social cues — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 50 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Sighted listening evaluations are distorted by non-auditory cues like brand and price
#expands(0.95) - Sighted loudspeaker evaluations are contaminated by non-auditory visual and social cues
#expands(0.94) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 50 - Sighted listening evaluations are biased regardless of listener expertise
#expands(0.93) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1949