Quote Originally Posted by mtrycraft
[b]Nothing to believe. Belief is without evidence. One only has to read what people use and buy.
This thread has drifted way off topic, but in the context of the original discussion your statement here seems obtuse. A placebo is, in effect, a belief. A placebo effect is an effect that is the result of a belief. The original post asked for proof of a commonly stated belief. I don't see how reading "what people use and buy" can provide proof of the placebo effect (not in audio or any other area where it might be encountered).

So Mtrycrafts, more to the point of the topic at hand, can you post a link to the test where the panel was told that the wires were being swapped, and heard differences, even though the wires were not actually swapped? That's the placebo effect at work in audio, and proves that it does happen, at least on occasion. Do you have any links?
(And how the heck did this thread get so far off topic?)