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

I think to understand ASR you have to look at things from a psychological + demographic + herd mentality.  The hobby is a bit of a "lone wolf" hobby and many in it have tried to find the truth by finding a mentor or others that share the same views.  I think sites like Audiogon are best for the "free thinkers" while ASR has both but also contains a highly vocal population of people who rally round the leader and attack others that don't share their views (which are not necessarily the views of their pack leader but rather the group mentality there).  You will find them lurking and attacking in any thread where someone talks about how something sounds, how something is enjoyed, etc. when it cannot be substantiated by a meterman.  I think there is a problem there but not one that their leader can fix if he even wanted to, which I don't think he does.  They are his "generals" and like generals in the military, some are not so smart and others just want to keep their place in the pack.  I've been on the internet since it started and I have to say that it is one of the strangest sites I have ever seen.  It is useful and worth a checkup every now and again (if anything to help decide what NOT to buy) but has always reminded me of a bunch of parrots in a cage where one parrot has only learned what he has heard the other parrots squawking.  

And yet it's the ASR folks are called closed minded and "dogmatists."

Oh the ironing....

Your thread on ASR was closed. Who has the open mind again? 

I am pleased to know that your business in high-end audiophile gear is good. I think that it is important for everyone to know this for future reference.

I'm sure this is sarcasm but unsure how you think that is funny? 

but has always reminded me of a bunch of parrots in a cage where one parrot has only learned what he has heard the other parrots squawking.  

The AVS forum has the same herd mentality, might even be worse than the ASR forums. At least the ASR has tons of measurements to look at.... 

Stop feeding the ASR Trolls. 

You are right, I've made my points, nothing more needs to be said. 

Your thread on ASR was closed. Who has the open mind again?

It was closed because Amir prefers his site to be about audio gear discussions rather than skirmishes over different web sites.  He'd prefer that the emphasis NOT be on attacking other web sites,  including audiogon.  Funny you are trying to spin that as close minded or dogmatic, while people here continue to attack ASR.

He's not shutting down discussions between "subjectivists" and "objectivists" on ASR: there are tons of threads on the subject, even stickied threads that are endless debates. 

So, no, sorry that spin doesn't work.

The issue is whether someone is actually open to arguments and evidence for another position, and it's clear that some here are dismissing Amir with a dogmatic foot-stomping "I Don't Have To Listen To You" attitude.

Amir is open to any claim about audio gear; he will just ask what type of evidence you have for the claim and examine it.  If it's just yet another "I Can Hear Things You Can't Measure" claim, then he's utterly right to be skeptical and frankly you can't do anything with such faith-like claims anyway.