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QUOTE=wesley63;25325]I assume that you are talking about Mark Schifter of AV123. He did not participate in the listening tests. In fact, in several forum posts when asked which speaker was the best out of the ones that he listened to before and after the blind comparisons, he has stated that it was the Sierra 1. I don't think that your insinuations hold any merit.
I made no insinuation and the names of the individuals and their opinions were not relevant to my point. I take note when individuals with financial interest are involved in an activity that is ostensibly designed to remove bias. I can not make assumptions about the nature of the involvement but it introduces the potential for a different kind of bias. When the results from this activity are published in a magazine that assists consumers with making purchasing decisons, and these results include quantitative scoring, it gives me another reason to pause.
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Getting back to your question about how can it be that you experience the 340SE speaker differently: that's easy. The testers were comparing two speakers simultaneously. Notice that some of the testers found the treble on the winner to be overbearing. This would give them a very forward sound. The 340SE may "sound like the 50 row" when directly compared. Who knows. On that day, to those ears, it sounded that way.
I am not sure that the sound character of the speaker providing the point of comparison should result in the other speaker sounding fundamentally different. I would have to try it myself to know. But that aside, the AA article has the effect of creating a buzz about the Acculine at the expense of the 340SE. For internet direct sellers, that on-line buzz equals dollars.