Audio Science Review = "The better the measurement, the better the sound" philosophy


"Audiophiles are Snobs"  Youtube features an idiot!  He states, with no equivocation,  that $5,000 and $10,000 speakers sound equally good and a $500 and $5,000 integrated amp sound equally good.  He is either deaf or a liar or both! 

There is a site filled with posters like him called Audio Science Review.  If a reasonable person posts, they immediately tear him down, using selected words and/or sentences from the reasonable poster as100% proof that the audiophile is dumb and stupid with his money. They also occasionally state that the high end audio equipment/cable/tweak sellers are criminals who commit fraud on the public.  They often state that if something scientifically measures better, then it sounds better.   They give no credence to unmeasurable sound factors like PRAT and Ambiance.   Some of the posters music choices range from rap to hip hop and anything pop oriented created in the past from 1995.  

Have any of audiogon (or any other reasonable audio forum site) posters encountered this horrible group of miscreants?  

fleschler

@fleschler The comments made here include Amir’s lack of adequate testing. Damping at 1Khz or 20hz to 20khz....which nearly all published reviewers talk about.

I’d enjoy you providing links to a sample of those published reviews should you be so kind. I am always keen to know more about damping factor principles.

Damping factor, this another overblown spec that is usually meaningless. My friend has adcom gfa 565 monoblocks that have a higher damping factor than my krell ksa 300s, guess which amp has better bass.

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@rtorchia "I am still amazed at the vehemence of the attacks on Amir and his following on this thread. All he is doing is applying scientific criteria to his reviews of audio components."

 

If only... No, he is also stating his opinion on what a piece of equipment sounds like without ever listening to it.