Killingbeans
Major Contributor
I asked a person if all 6-10 test they ran covered all 15.8 billion ears?
No ears can turn back time and alter a sound wave before it hits them. All they can do is affect the perception. Ears have zero influence on the playback system itself. Sound waves have no personality, and they can't obtain it from you.
It means that even if you believe that "garbage in, garbage out" is futile, since one man's garbage is another man's gold, you still have a powerful tool at your at your disposal. The tests shows you what will hit your ears, and you can correlate that with the knowledge of what pleases your personal perception. It makes the hunt for setups that fit your preference endlessly more easy.
But I do acknowledge that the practice of "taste testing" is the essential part of the hobby that makes it enjoyable to most people.
I'm just saying that even though the alternative I proposed might not be very fun, it's definitely not based on a disregard of individuality.