There is an assumption that some of the desirable qualities of a good system are not measurable. I wonder how someone from my world (research and statistics) would try and tackle that.
Take one quality often cited as unmeasurable but highly desirable and strongly influenced by cables / resonators / power supplies / fuses : soundstage.
Why not play 100 people a track and get them to draw what they “see”. Like this.
Then bring the Schuman device or whatever into the listening room and ask 100 different people to listen to the same track and do their drawings.
Simple statistical analysis of the two sets of drawings would reveal if the soundstage has become wider, or if the instruments are more distinct in their position within it. The same drawing would also reveal “clearer deeper bass”.
Be fun to try, anyway.
Take one quality often cited as unmeasurable but highly desirable and strongly influenced by cables / resonators / power supplies / fuses : soundstage.
Why not play 100 people a track and get them to draw what they “see”. Like this.
Then bring the Schuman device or whatever into the listening room and ask 100 different people to listen to the same track and do their drawings.
Simple statistical analysis of the two sets of drawings would reveal if the soundstage has become wider, or if the instruments are more distinct in their position within it. The same drawing would also reveal “clearer deeper bass”.
Be fun to try, anyway.