What Really Happened in that Double-Blind Violin Sound Test

Re:What Really Happened in that Double-Blind Violin Sound Test by sjwright on Monday April 07, 2014 @09:11PM (#7550828)

Really, it's only effective at showing how violins compare when being played by blind musicians in hotel rooms, while being observed by researchers. But at some point you have to stop finding caveats and find some evidence for the contrary position.

What is the contrary position? That older violins have some kind of superior magical design that can't be replicated? Has anyone validated the claims for why these old violins are supposed to be better?

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Re:What Really Happened in that Double-Blind Violin Sound Test by marcosdumay on Monday April 07, 2014 @09:44PM (#7550939)

Well, I don't subscribe to the idea that old violins are better than anything we can make... but you can't simply compare an adjusted violin to an unadjusted one.

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Re:What Really Happened in that Double-Blind Violin Sound Test by na85 on Monday April 07, 2014 @09:18PM (#7550857)

>What is the contrary position? That older violins have some kind of superior magical design that can't be replicated?

Pretty much.

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