”It’s none of your business the cables I decide to buy after hearing them bring so much to the table”
Wow! Then why post? Why ask us questions as to what we should do? Sorry man, but just cuz I disagree with you doesn’t mean I have less right to respond to a post.
One other point: Of course measurements (and science) matter. Here’s an example. I live in a temperate region where weather hasn’t materially changed. My experience tells me weather is not changing, ergo, no climate change. I mean, I know what I’m experiencing, therefore I must be right. Or maybe my local weather patterns have changed, but I haven’t bothered to monitor the data closely, so I pronounce “no climate change.” Either way I’m wrong, even though I’m convinced of my rightness. So let’s welcome the world of science and measurements, where the phenomena we experience /or don’t - are well explained and understood. I don’t criticize Newton for ruining my experience of the falling apple. I thank him for enhancing my understanding of it.
So yes, I think you’re missing a bunch.