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A proposal for a Subjective Rating System

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People have preferences and someone who has listened to 5 headphones total doesnt hold a candle to someone who listened to over 100. But then the guy who listened to 100 might not even care anymore.

Not sure I agree with this... although I get your point. As far as subjective analysis is concerned, if the 5 HP guy is a trained listener (or studio engineer, possibly musician) he might be more accurate - at least on those 5 models. The guy who has listened to 100 is almost certainly a professional reviewer... probably shilling products from one or more manufacturers - rather than simply stating their preferences.

Of course, if they include some objective analysis as well - then I'll choose that reviewer even if it's their first review. ;)
 

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I was thinking about something like this subject a while ago. I was thinking that we establish some kind of parameters for descriptions of sound. I am talking about linking terms like "bright", "dark", "muddy", "airy", et cetera with some kind of objective measurements. I don't how useful this would be for hi-fi, but for pursuits like music (I play guitar) where the goal isn't reproduction it could be useful.
 

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Subjective rating system:
1: Orgasmic
2: Pleasurable
3: Neutral
4: Lo Fi,
5: Ear bleeding.
 

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Audiophile rating system:
1: Synergistic perfection embodied!
2: Aside from a few tweaks, getting there.
3: Good enough for mortals, but a long way to go.
4: Cheap cables prevent analysis.
5: Worse than BOSE!

But seriously... isn't at least 90% of the subjective review industry about eloquent prose and pulling random values out of thin air? Why bother trying to make it into a pseudo-objective process in the first place? Makes even less sense to me than giving names to the scales on a measurement chart.
This one lands squarely in the Holyshit Range (otherwise known as >130dB SNR). However the FR shows a little bit of deviation in the Tinkerbell Frequency - possibly due to the filter roll-off.
 

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My proposal: (applies to everything else too, eg. beer, women, cars)
1. Nice
2. OK
3. Bad
 
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