Proof of placebo effect ?

[okiemax]

As Lewis Carrol's Tweedledum might say, I know what you think I'm thinking, but it isn't so, nohow. My asking for proof of the placebo effect was not, as you claim, an attempt to shift the burden of proof from listeners who report hearing differences in cables to those who question these claims. Nor was my request meant to be an indirect attack on that sacred cow called "double-blind testing," although it seemed to be interpreted that way by some Forum members. I never claimed that the validity of controlled experiments depends on proof of the placebo effect. Blinded-testing of cables, as it has been practiced, can be questioned, but that is another subject.