WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM?

It may be mere apocryhpa, but I've always heard that Oscar Wilde said something along the lines of:

"The need to censor is the most powerful driver of human behavior.  Next to it, the sex drive is barely noticeable."

I’m a try before you buy kind of guy at this point 

Because some people believe in scientific facts and others believe in snake oil marketing.

Some are more interested more in the music than the science of it all. Damn a measurement does it sound good to my ear. Is all I need to know.

Some are more interested more in the music than the science of it all. Damn a measurement does it sound good to my ear. Is all I need to know.

False opposition for me. I’m interested in the science of it because I listen to music. There can be a connection between the science and the immersive experience of the music.

Perhaps this analogy will ring true: no one who bakes at higher altitudes dismisses those little scientific hints about adjusting the temperature. Just because there are crackpots out there with bad or pseudo-scientific advice about baking doesn’t make me ignore the relevant and helpful scientific advice. And I pay attention because following it makes the food "just taste better."

Of course, maybe the point of this discussion is to shake a fist at "those damn measurement people." Not my bag, man.