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?  

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Providing strings of measurements that all demonstrate factors beyond anything that can be heard by anyone or have any effect whatsoever on the sound that can be heard is totally futile, making decisions on such data is totally ridiculous.

 

@henry53 the only way to interpret your statement above is that ASR is measuring to sufficient accuracy to far exceed human hearing. In a PM, you also stated -80db IMD is also inaudible, so that further supports a claim that ASR is measuring well beyond audibility.  Can we assume the same is true of their noise measurements?

 

The concept of preference has been raised many times in this topic and even Amir has said he is not here to tell you your preference. He did state that it was in your best interests to take into consideration the results when he tests, and his tests show no change. I think USB cables, and power conditioners were in that statement and likely others.  @henry53 , are you saying you agree with ASR, at least in this instance?   Or are you staying there are as yet undiscovered tests, which Amir is not doing. If so, can you allude to what those tests may be?

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Gentlemen and Ladies, Why supply oxygen to this Amir Familiar !  Simply choose to ignore the noise. 

@tsushima1 agreed!  Stop feeding the trolls 😈 they then die a slow death cause they feed off the 💩. Please take it personal @crymeanaudioriver  

AMR continues to make measurements that appear extremely accurate but have no reference whatsoever to audible sound.