Better Sounding Systems, Objectivists or Subjectivists?

there are people who have been in this arena for some time, yet don’t trust their own ability to discern what sounds good or ’right’... lost souls in this pursuit as far as i am concerned

then there are folks who rely on measurements, must, just must have measurements to establish or confirm their beliefs -- this because of their training, or experiences in related or other fields...well, that may be understandable, as we are all products of our life experiences -- when you have relied on a hammer (and only a hammer) all your life, it is hard to see the world as anything else but a bed of nails

Binary question, 0 or 1 

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Can't we all just get a lawn 😢

It would seem that the objectivists 1st priority is to make sure the measurements are correct. Thus  the measurements inform them that the system sounds good, NOT the system's sound itself.

Not a serious question!

I do look at frequency response, efficiency and impedance curves. Never a deciding factor but a glance. Beyond that you ought to try to hear the speaker in your own or a similar sized room because that will fill in lots blanks. The room and listening distance are important to the sound you are after. You can rely on a professional to help or many just need trial and error and putting in the time to learn themselves. Dividing them into camps kind of isolates groups that I don’t find that different, or maybe I haven’t met enough audiophile that are so hemmed in to a belief about sound. Some speakers have a magic not found in the specs.