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.
Calling an audio marketing ideology "science" reflect a tendency of our dominated social fabric... Arguing about the sound quality of our gear at least make an appeal to our hearing sense, educated or not, trained or not...
Acoustics rules which include psycho-acoustics... my ears rules in my designed room...
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This thread cannot die. It has been so utterly entertaining @samureyex @knownothing thanks for posting my exact thoughts. Making it super easy for me over here |
Measurements ≠ Subjectively Good Sound I suspect that those who believe measurements are everything are deceptively bias against costly “unaffordable” components. For some, it may be emotionally easier to digest a lie and talk oneself into believing the lie than to face the unpleasant truth of unaffordability of desired components. |
