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Doug Schneider, editor of the online Soundstage network, refuted this position with two editorials in 2009. He stated: "Blind tests are at the core of the decades’ worth of research into loudspeaker design done at Canada’s National Research Council (NRC). The NRC researchers knew that for their results to be credible within the scientific community and to have the most meaningful results, they had to eliminate bias, and blind testing was the only way to do so." Many Canadian companies such as Axiom, Energy, Mirage, Paradigm, PSB, Revel use blind testing extensively in designing their loudspeakers. Many audio insiders like Sean Olive of Harman International share this view.
As can be seen in many audio forums, ABX tests on audio components continue to be a controversial subject.