3D lifelike sound and impeccable measurements - mutually exclusive???

I have not found measurements useful in regard to how well a piece of equipment will reproduce music in my system. What I mean by that is it will not tell me how wide or deep the soundstage will be, how much definition I’ll get with individual instruments within that soundstage or even how realistic human voices & instruments will be reproduced. That stated, they are not absolutely useless. Some measurements can give me an idea of what equipment should mate up well. Examples of that are; phono preamp gain to find a phono preamp that mates up well with low output MC’s / Speaker sensitivity & ohm rating to help determine what amp(s) are required to power them well.

All the best

I can't imagine sitting listening to a great immersive 3D sounding system and then worrying about whether it measures well or not.

+1 jond

Your experience’s are a point in time. And you are listening for the experience right?
Measurements are useful for narrowing down options and your preference then is the litmus test in my opinion 

3D lifelike sound and impeccable measurements

as jond said... 

the first is the objective for enjoying our music ... the second is purely incidental and i couldn’t care less