The Absolute Sound vs Pleasing Sound

What's saddest of all is not accepting Fritz when he acknowledges how his bias influences him.

If you know it’s a Strad, you will hear it differently," Fritz says. "And you can’t turn off that effect."

 I'm not locked in a mindset I simply took Fritz at his word , maybe I'm mistaken and you were saying Fritz is locked in a mindset not me, if so I apologize.

What is even sadder, IMO, is to be locked in a mindset that says that reactions are the result of bias and to refuse to be open minded about the possibility that it is not bias at all that is at play. 

I wonder why those who denigrate testing for biases seem to think the outcome of such tests will support the position of "measurementists"? Why is it everytime a simple psychological test on bias is reported in an article or paper or book some feel the need to tie themselves in knots trying to explain it away. We all have biases and they affect a lot of things we do or feel that have nothing to do with audio. Seems weird to me. 

I wonder about the mental health of those that vomit paragraphs to avoid eliminating bias in testing when the result can only be beneficial.

I wonder about the mental health of those that vomit paragraphs to nullify any bias, founded and unfounded, on the same footing with the only goal to prove audiophiles are deluded people...
 Claiming that a blind test could PROVE that...

ERASING BIASES NEVER  COULD PROVE SCIENTIFICALLY THEY WERE MEANINGLESS AND UNFOUNDED IN REAL SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS....