Better Sounding Systems, Objectivists or Subjectivists?


When these two camps retire to their listening rooms, which school of thought tends to get better sound? Those who ultimately place their faith in measurements above actually listening to their systems? Or those of us who look at measurements, but ultimately make our decisions based on what subjectively sounds best to us?

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@bjesien thanks but I already got one you see.  See my system page.  It’s in box unused in front of turntable.  🙏

the funny thing is, objectivists don’t put systems together objectively. they just enjoy being contrary.

when tussling with an objectivist i often challenge them to describe in detail their process for system building, and then please list the gear and the process of decision making using measurements.

i get crickets. zero response. they never did it.

then i ask to just list one piece of gear and the decision process for the choice.

again....nothing. how can anyone take them seriously?

and btw; every step of my system building and decision making process is on my system page (or posted on various forums) for god and country to read. every subjectivist word. nothing hidden.

There are certain people that cannot be objective about what they see or hear. You can show them a red flag and they will say it’s blue. Nothing will convince them that the flag is red. There is no evidence they will accept. It’s the people that are willing to experiment and try things that assemble the best systems. They are not afraid of being wrong about something and are open to new ideas. Those are the people that push the hobby forward.

@russ69  

 

It’s the people that are willing to experiment and try things that assemble the best systems. They are not afraid of being wrong about something and are open to new ideas. Those are the people that push the hobby forward.

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