Even the French agreed to blind taste testing, but like audiophiles, complained about the results when their wines didn’t win.
The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines.
Imagine doing a wine review as follows - samples of wines are assessed by a reviewer who measures multiple variables including light transmission, specific gravity, residual sugar, salinity, boiling point etc. These tests are repeated while playing test tones through the samples at different frequencies.
The results are compiled and the winner selected based on those measurements and the reviewer concludes that the other wines can't possibly be as good based on their measured results.
At no point does the reviewer assess the bouquet of the wine nor taste it. He relies on the science of measured results and not the decidedly unscientific subjective experience of smell and taste.
That is the ASR approach to audio - drinking Kool Aid, not wine.
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No one can tell you whether/how your system, room and/or ears will respond to some new addition. There are simply too many variables. LIKEWISE: no one can possibly know whether a new addition (ie: some kind of disc, crystal, fuse, interconnect, speaker cable, etc) will make a difference, in their system and room, with their media and to their ears, without trying them for themselves. Many companies offer a 30 Day Satisfaction Guarantee, so- those that are actually interested, have absolutely nothing to lose by trying (experimenting with) such. Anyone that knows anything about the sciences, realizes that something like 96% of what makes up this universe, remains a mystery. For centuries; humanity’s seen, heard, felt and otherwise witnessed phenomena that none of the best minds could fathom, UNTIL they developed a science or measurement that could explain it. The Naysayers want you to trust their antiquated science (1800’s electrical theory) and faith-based, religious doctrine, BLINDLY (their credo: "Trust ME!"). Theories have never proven or disproven anything. It’s INVARIABLY testing and experimentation that proves or disproves theories/hypotheses. IF you’re interested in the possibility of improving your system’s presentation, have a shred of confidence in your capacity for perceiving reality and trust your own senses: actually TRY whatever whets your aural appetite, or- piques the curiosity, FOR YOURSELF |
Here’s a very nice Tom Martin review of the Perlisten speaker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leL1vXcKhZw Think we all know how Perlisten speakers tend to measure, pretty freaking good. But, i’d like for a reviewer to be articulate the sound of it as good as Tom. He isn’t even 'selling' anything in this review, he tells ya who it may work for and who it may not work for.. Is the ASR Reviewer (Revel/Harman dealer/sales guy, Madrona Digital) capable of doing such a review? There are speakers that measure and sound better than Harman trash, but, he’ll find a way to diss them...gotta worry about Madrona Digital sales...not to mention that he sounds like a water bottle with a hundred holes. |
Still trying to wrap my head around the need for a scale to tell me I gained 10 lbs. so, perspective is a thing, I guess if you weigh 250 lbs, 10 lbs might be gained un-noticed. Going to wine, what is your perspective? taste and flavor or getting tipsy? you have to admit, some people drink wine with the purpose of getting their buzz on, so taste is not as important as the alcohol content (measurable). They may not want to spend the $ needed for the bouquet of flowery bliss and head straight to the 5 buck chuck or even Thunderbird - it gets the job done... Comes down to what YOU are there to enjoy. Measurables only measure what you are measuring - sounds like a Zappa line - If you can't measure it, like flavor, it becomes opinion and other opinions always influence your opinions so the opinion is clouded because of your unique perspective. Ok, maybe I need to go back to work. |
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