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Another issue with the 2010 study is that the performers were not allowed to tune or adjust the Strads in any way, but could do so with the new ones, so the old violins sounded objectively worse. And yes, they could absolutely tell which was which, and that the modern ones sounded better often due to the fine tuning in the setup.



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