WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES TRY TO TELL OTHERS WHAT THEY CAN OR CAN’T HEAR IN A SYSTEM?

Some are more interested more in the music than the science of it all. Damn a measurement does it sound good to my ear. Is all I need to know.

False opposition for me. I’m interested in the science of it because I listen to music. There can be a connection between the science and the immersive experience of the music.

Perhaps this analogy will ring true: no one who bakes at higher altitudes dismisses those little scientific hints about adjusting the temperature. Just because there are crackpots out there with bad or pseudo-scientific advice about baking doesn’t make me ignore the relevant and helpful scientific advice. And I pay attention because following it makes the food "just taste better."

Of course, maybe the point of this discussion is to shake a fist at "those damn measurement people." Not my bag, man.

@hilde45 glad that works for you.  If it measures perfectly and my ear doesn’t like it. IT’S OUTTA THERE. IT’S USELESS. Music is a get away for me.  It’s not work or a science.  It’s an experience.  Anyone who disagrees with me on that part of it. We are not the same or seeking the same.  But if it works for them im not going to judge thier knowledge or experience. Just don’t tell  me I’m not hearing what I’m hearing.  

If you want to be MARVIN THE MARTIAN and you pull out or supernitrospectometer good for your you! But to talk down to other audiophiles saying we are gullible and foolish because we allegedly believe in snake oil to me is intellectually arrogant! 

One of the biggest mysteries in the audiophile community, at least to me, has always been why so many folks seem to forget (or willfully ignore) that we all hear and process sound differently.   I really don't think it's much more complicated than that.  Yes, high-end systems may deliver more timbre, detail, sonics, etc. for ears to process.  But the processing is still done by the same sets of different ears.  Just because additional detail may be presented doesn't mean it will be received and processed, let alone received and process in the same manner as Johnny The Jet Audio Pro.  Different ears are different ears.  And this doesn't even account for variations in listening space acoustics impacting the frequencies that are presented.

There's a reason EQs became so popular and have a rightful place in some audio gear stacks.  

As for the omnipotent trolls?  Ehh.  F 'em.  

Just my 0.03.

hartf36

A true to life heart felt answer.

People should not just be in love with the term ‘audiophile’ or think it makes them special to believe it’s a unique camp or club to be a member of….like ‘hi-end’

Just enjoying the musical experience and pleasure a hi-fi system generates for you is the most important thing here and not the, ‘l have got this or you need that’ mumbo-jumbo.

Thats my logic.