Did Amir Change Your Mind About Anything?

Without the internet, we wouldn't be talking about him. He and his audience are a product of our times and I'm old school enough to recognize a Johnny Come Lately with an agenda. He's really no different than an audio reviewer who sized up the playing field and saw an unoccupied space to settle down in.

Heck, everyone's got to make a living. What upsets some is that he has his own belief system that contradicts most of ours.

That's not a knock but just calling it like I see it. He's just one of many opinions and  like elbows, we all have them. How much credence you give him and let it affect you, is on you.

All the best,
Nonoise

Measurements of gear versus listening the gear...

We need the two....

The problem is Amir school and the subjectivist audiophile insist the two of them on the gear "magical qualities"; by virtue of their optimal standards measurement with Amir who swear only by that, and by virtue of the listening personal subjective experience with the Subjectivist who swear only by that ...

What is the common factor between the two factions at war to define "good sound quality" : it is the the gear design and branded name , measured and verified and officially stamped by pope Amir or  promoted, as listened to,  by subjective audiophile reviewers...

Myself i know that what define "good sound quality experience" for sure ask for rightfully designed gear to begin with for sure but it is ESSENTIALLY acoustic and psycho acoustic speakers/room specific relation ... Nothing else.... Sorry for the measuring fads or for the costlier brand products obsession of some audiophiles... They are not even wrong, they are deluded by an half truth, out of acoustic experience and experiments...

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His way is valid for him, so that's good. It's not valid for me; I prefer to let my ears, brain, heart, and experience do the measuring for me. So my answer would be "No". 

This is not an uncommon occurrence it seems. Some have been satisfied with the components they have rated high. Others not so much. The priority seems to be great test measurements and inexpensive product price. Actual listening evaluations from people posting there are often mocked and treated dismissively. If @chayro has found some meaningful value from the ASR site, good for him. Experiences with their approach/concept surely will vary.

Charles

Charyo asked for opinion and I provided mine. I did not ask for any opinion on my response. Please decide what you all want from the thread, since it was clearly mentioned not to pile on, and I did not do that to OP.

No