[sdiy] Orange Drop Capacitors?

[johnspeth at yahoo.com]

> > Exactly.  That's why a previous previous poster urged a metrics based
> > approach to comparative testing.  I think it's the only way to eliminate
> > the human subjectivity (provided the metric testing is complete and
> > repeatable).
> 
> But isn't this all about "human subjectivity" in any case?  Even if you
> could measure quantitatively which capacitor sounds better, the
> interpretation of the measurements would be based on purely subjective
> criteria.

> I guess the moral is: "Use your ears!"

Yes.  What pleases us is most important.  But we should at least understand why we like cap A over B.  If electrical testing shows that no measureable difference exists, then we might explain the difference as the result of cognitive dissonance.

JJS