Rouvin: There really isn't much point in arguing with someone who assumes his conclusions, and then does nothing but repeat his assumptions. Here's what I mean:
How do you know what you are *able* to perceive (as distinct from what you *think* you perceive)? In the field of perceptual psychology, which is the relevant field here, there are standard, valid ways of answering that question. But it's a question you are afraid to address. Hence your refusal of my challenge to actually conduct a DBT of any sort. And the idea that you, an amateur audio hobbyist without even an undergraduate degree in psychology, has any standing to declare what is and is not valid as a test of hearing perception is pretty risible.
Finally, just to clear up your most obvious point of confusion: There is a difference between "what we are able to perceive" and "how we perceive it." You are conflating these two things, again because you don't want to face up to the issue. "What we are able to perceive" is, in fact, quite amenable to measurement. It's been studied extensively. There are whole textbooks on the subject.
Your harping on subjective reviewing, by contrast, is about "how we perceive it." We can't measure sound and make predictions about how it will sound to you, because how it will sound to you depends on too many factors besides the actual sound. That's why we need DBTs--to minimize the non-sonic factors. And when we minimize those non-sonic factors, we discover that much of what passes for audio reviewing is a lot of twaddle.
The majority of what we are able to perceive is not amenable to measurement that can be neatly, or even roughly, correlated with perception.
How do you know what you are *able* to perceive (as distinct from what you *think* you perceive)? In the field of perceptual psychology, which is the relevant field here, there are standard, valid ways of answering that question. But it's a question you are afraid to address. Hence your refusal of my challenge to actually conduct a DBT of any sort. And the idea that you, an amateur audio hobbyist without even an undergraduate degree in psychology, has any standing to declare what is and is not valid as a test of hearing perception is pretty risible.
Finally, just to clear up your most obvious point of confusion: There is a difference between "what we are able to perceive" and "how we perceive it." You are conflating these two things, again because you don't want to face up to the issue. "What we are able to perceive" is, in fact, quite amenable to measurement. It's been studied extensively. There are whole textbooks on the subject.
Your harping on subjective reviewing, by contrast, is about "how we perceive it." We can't measure sound and make predictions about how it will sound to you, because how it will sound to you depends on too many factors besides the actual sound. That's why we need DBTs--to minimize the non-sonic factors. And when we minimize those non-sonic factors, we discover that much of what passes for audio reviewing is a lot of twaddle.