Sure, but suppose you throw one violin into the mix (or mandolin, for our purposes) that's a $750 instrument. And suppose that's the one that sounded best to you. Would you be able to contentedly make the purchase knowing you ended up with the "cheap" one?
How about this - suppose you go into a shop and the deal is that you can pay $5000 for a mandolin after playing three of them them blind. You are told that in the mix of three mandolins, there will be one $10K instrument, one $5K instrument, and one $1K instrument. Would you take the gamble? Do you trust your ears and hands to discern the difference when there are a few thousand dollars on the line?
Or we could up the stakes further. You agree to pay $50K for an instrument after a blind test. You get to play two instruments. One is a '23 Loar, one is a 2005 distressed Gibson Master Model. How confident are you in picking the right one?
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