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Welcome back! Talking about experiments, I would love to see you do another one on comparing REQ, this time please include Audyssey XT32 and use the App with Ratbuddyssey, disable MRC and restrict it to below 300 Hz for comparison with Dirac Live and Anthem ARC please, using your listening window plots. I know you showed that it messed things up as found in your listening window plots but no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't see such bad effects so I have to suspect it may have something to do with XT vs XT32 and the way I used it with the App+Rat.
If possible, I think many (judging by the perennial questions concerning different amps different sound, warm, clinical etc..) will be interested in a real DBT shoot out using amplifiers perceived to be "musical and/or warm" sounding yet specs and measurements don't support such claims if the DUTs being compared are used well below their limits. According to Dr. Toole, DBT is a must for comparing even loudspeakers, so it should be a must too to compare amplifiers too one would think. Oh yes, if such a difficult DBT session can be done, let's include a couple of the popular brands such as D,M,Y's and an Arcam and/or Anthem AVR too.
I have to ask because I really believe you are the one who could pull it off and do it in an unbiased way, and may even be able to get help from your friends, such as Gene, and/or even Dr. Toole and Olive. You probably can sell tickets to those interested in witnessing/participating in such a long overdue test. The only risk I see is, it may upset the boutique brand fans and some audiophiles.
May be that's why no one in the business dare do such a thing in case the results show/prove.......
I would think that such worry is likely unnecessary because I believe people will mostly continue to prefer what they prefer even if the truth hurts a little and they would be delighted if the truth is on their side. I have no doubt my separates don't sound any different than a little AVR for certain applications, yet I will buy another amp such as the AHB2 just because of its superior specs and measurements.
As an EE/audio enthusiasts, I am a little tired of seeing so many video these days yet few (just my opinion) contributed to debunking, or proving certain myths/hearsay based on known science. Dr. Toole and Olive might have prove something beyond doubt on speakers, that's about it.
The necessary instruments, accessories, hardware, and methodologies are there, as well as people with the skill set, but it just seem no one is interested, or as I suspect, dare doing it for some reasons (I can guess a few..).
I am not too hopeful, for the obvious reasons, but I have to try, and ask, because one never knows.