Mrmitch...I did not think you were knocking my age group, I just used your comments as an opportunity to rant, and for that I thank you.
Measurements for speaker design are important to see where a design is headed, but ANY speaker designer has to LISTEN to the damn things or they're idiots. If this listening results in adjustments to a final product that consumers feel isn't "musical" or "something I think sounds good", then so what? Consume elsewhere. I've had gear that was well regarded by the audio community and I thought it blew chunks, so to speak. That gear will not be used in my abode, and was abondoned, replaced by gear with which I abide for my abode. To sum up, abandon that which you abhor, and admonish absolute adherence to that which you deem abominable.
Measurements for speaker design are important to see where a design is headed, but ANY speaker designer has to LISTEN to the damn things or they're idiots. If this listening results in adjustments to a final product that consumers feel isn't "musical" or "something I think sounds good", then so what? Consume elsewhere. I've had gear that was well regarded by the audio community and I thought it blew chunks, so to speak. That gear will not be used in my abode, and was abondoned, replaced by gear with which I abide for my abode. To sum up, abandon that which you abhor, and admonish absolute adherence to that which you deem abominable.