Good read: why comparing specifications is pointless

@amir_asr Good set of arguments about your independence, methods, selectivity. You could depart this thread having done due diligence, and who could blame you. 

@amir_asr

You have this backward. I bring the quality.

I have yet to "see" this quality you are claiming. Where is it? In your wooden room with two speakers? In your mystery home theater? LOL.

We have a video from Dolby Labs that defines what a "quality" room posted in this thread. If you are reviewing atmos receivers this should be table stakes at a minimum. You are a dealer, you got the resources, now get started:

I'd like to slag off most of the posters on this thread.

From what they say, it just seems like the right thing to do....

Translation:  try to be objective and less personal.

On point.  Comparing specifications is utterly pointless unless you also listen to the gear.  If you listen, then specifications have relevance.

@juanmanuelfangioii , don’t you think our guest from ASR has done a fantastic job confirming the title of this thread, basically proving why specs are pointless.

1) He is reviewing speakers in a room that is barren wood so you know whatever the specs say they won’t sound like that in his room (or any other gear played in that room for that matter).

2) He is reviewing home theater gear without actually using it in a home theater so he can only imagine what "the specs"  sound like in real world conditions, LOL.

3) He can’t/won’t fix any of his problems it so the specs will never help, no matter what they are, so essentially, they won’t matter right?

Amir,

I am sure you are well intended. But you provide evidence that you do not understand what quality audio is all about in your posts.

You listen to half of the units? and process 300 units per year? I would not begin to consider evaluating a single new component without listening to it for a couple months. This would be only after being completely familiar with my system without change for months… many months. This establishes a base line of a sound you understand at all levels. This is a reference system. A professional reviewer will spend months evaluating a single component.

Have you read professional reviews? Reviewers have systems they understand inside and out. Then they spend, what a hundred… sometimes several hundred hours listening. The complexity of sound reproduction is layer upon layer of nuance. Which is why a whole glossary of terminology to describe the nuances of sound reproduction exists. Rhythm and pace, micro-details…etc.

It now makes sense how your charts match your perceived quality. The sonic evaluation is so cursory that all you pick up is the very gross highest level characteristics of the sound. This is not at all what high performance audio is about. It is about communicating the full breath and depth of the musical experience… not the wire-frame representation.

When I attend a live symphony it can be so emotionally moving that it brings tears to my eyes. I am left breathless in the beauty created by the music. My audio system can do that. This is what the pursuit is about. Doing this requires incredible dedication in people that produce components to achieve this, and in evaluation of sound far in excess of a few variable, and in choosing and assembling a system. Great components come from designers that work by listening to their products long after they have run out of variables to measure.