Did Amir Change Your Mind About Anything?

I think he’s doing a disservice to the finer art of audio by teaching that measurements are gospel. Basic measurements are a convenience and are a good starting point, but are not the entire answer. Machines simply can’t measure the same subtle nuances that human ears can hear. Listening a skill that can and should be learned and honed. Relying solely on measurements squelches listening skills, and it equates to a paint by numbers result.

Double blind testing has limited value too, because it can’t replace the benefit of long term listening sessions on your own system in your own space.  Especially if the differences are subtle.

ASR is clickbait.  There is a lot of confirmation bias out there but ASR did not address that.  

Too many people post the arguments their salesmen used to sell them an expensive peice of equipment like it is fact.

Bottom line is you need to learn to do your own listening and evaluation. For me  it involves going back and forth after hours or days of listening in each pass.  

Too many times "different" is interpreted as "better".  "yes, I can hear a difference"  but you need to go back and forth with lots of different music to figure out what the subtlties are and was different better or worse.

Jerry

To clarify- my question was whether Amir changed your opinion about anything at all. Not whether Amir is wrong or whatever. So from the above, I guess your answer is “No- Amir hasn’t changed my opinion about anything.” Fine. But maybe others feel differently.

It's good to read ASR and the measurements. About changing opinions - I think he confirmed it. I stopped visiting that site once I saw that people who fell for his measurements, purchased the equipment, only to find them lifeless or unmusical. So yes, measurements are good starting point. But they don't tell you everything - he confirmed my opinion on that.