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The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines.

Imagine doing a wine review as follows - samples of wines are assessed by a reviewer who measures multiple variables including light transmission, specific gravity, residual sugar, salinity, boiling point etc.  These tests are repeated while playing test tones through the samples at different frequencies.

The results are compiled and the winner selected based on those measurements and the reviewer concludes that the other wines can't possibly be as good based on their measured results.  

At no point does the reviewer assess the bouquet of the wine nor taste it.  He relies on the science of measured results and not the decidedly unscientific subjective experience of smell and taste.

That is the ASR approach to audio - drinking Kool Aid, not wine.

toronto416
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tony1954
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+1 @mulveling 

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2psyop
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There are any number or audio equipment reviewers that could be ignored just as easily as ASR. Then again any audio equipment manufacturer claims and advertisement could also be ignored as well as dealers hype. You provide a good analogy. I think it's always a good practice to never take any review/claim as " the truth set in stone". Do your own research and try to listen to a component before making an opinion.

unsound
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@prof 

+1

prof
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“Among a myriad of other complaints, I simply don’t have any confidence that ASR as a publication knows good sound.”

ASR evaluates equipment based on objective criteria 

that has been found to predict certain aspects of sound quality.

The speakers forces are rated based on the type of measurements that have been shown Through rigourous scientific testing studies To be correlated

With the type of sound most listeners - That includes audiophiles and reviewers! -

Will rate most highly.

 

This may not be perfect, But I’m guessing they are on much stronger ground

Than you might be. 

 

What Do you claim to be “Good sound “ And why should someone agree with you?

 

deep_333
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Stereophile does measurements. You can look at it and also see what J.Atkinson says about the sound.

You can look at the asr guy’s measurements (graphs only) as well. But, scroll over anything else he squeals about because he has two lumps of turd in place of ears.

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