Re: setting up ABX tests at home - ITU controls?

"bear" <bearlabs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Arny Krueger wrote:

>> "bear" <bearlabs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Arny Krueger wrote:

>>>> "bear" <bearlabs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> Put it another way, IF the distortions present are of
>>>>> a suppressing the problem of false positives.

>>> We can agree then that there are no tests that actually
>>> take into account this issue, therefore all tests thus
>>> far are suspect in terms of the significance of the test
>>> results?

>> Not at all. In fact there is an international standard,
>> ITU  BS 1116, that specifically addresses this situation.
>>
>> http://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-BS.1116/en
>>
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When I bought my copy, it cost me $11 and delivery was instantaneous. I 
think the current price would be affected by the weak dollar, but not to
an 
unmanagable degree.

> Why don't you paraphrase the key aspects for discussion?

Here's a start:

Contents:

1.     General
2.     Experimental design
3.     Selection of listening panels
4.     Test method
5.     Attributes
6.     Programme material
7.     Reproduction devices
8.     Listening conditions
9.     Statistical analysis
10.   Presentation of the results of the statistical analyses
11.   Contents of test re****ts.