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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The subjectivists seem less worried about being duped by some unusually clever nasty capitalist. 

The subjectivists seem less worried about being duped by some unusually clever nasty capitalist. 

There may be various explanations for that and not all of them are complimentary.

It is way to easy today for people to loose focus and get lost in their system to the point of no longer enjoying the music. For me it is a overweighted compromise or music first system second.  

@rudyb 

Who says ’objectivists’ don’t listen? 

Do you want names named?  That wouldn't be very nice.

Discovering which measurements are important, and in which order is a bit like getting a Rubik's Cube solved, it's no mistake when it's correct and can be repeated.

One of the main reasons I like reading many opinions of people who also enjoy our hobby, you just never know when they will share a bit of Golden knowledge that elevates your own, and in turn your system when implemented.