Steven Toy
Accuphase newbie
Steven the obvious first step, whic has been suggested many times,in this thread alone, is that you undertake an unsighted comparison.
You have listed a considerable number of improvements using your rack, I would expect it to be straightforward for you to consistently pick when a component is placed upon it.
The ball really is in your court.
Keith.
I have repeatedly said that I would be prepared to do this but I don't think it will achieve anything. The naysayers will ignore the outcome/accuse me of lying/say it wasn't a double-blind test therefore I could pick up cues from the person swapping the kit between the stands/adopt a revisionist stance that differences are slight and therefore not worth bothering with.
We saw much of this after DBO4.
The fact remains that there are people who resolutely believe that the stand can make no difference even without trying it (unless the kit is broken or poorly designed) and they don't want to believe that they are missing out on its benefits.
If you asked them to hear a demonstration of it, they would run a mile!
A blind test would prove to me what I already know. It wouldn't change closed minds.
Demands for blind testing are nothing more than rhetorical devices.