Which forum?Here is what cracked me up, I was on my other form where they are all about "everything has a sound man" they think more expensive = better sound. I think its partly true to a point.
So, they were like yea the "ESS chips back in the day had a glare to them, I didn't like them at all." LOL that's the ESS hump Amir always talks about that you are hearing, it can be pointed to in a graph, the same graph they say means nothing for real music.
Why its funny is because they would always yell at me for bringing up this form. It's like face palm. I think what it is, is that people have built these amps that cost a lot to make because they made them in their garage, turn around and sell them at a massive markup, and now you have places like this who measure this gear and go.... yea its bunk. It tossed a wrench in their apple cart. They can no longer be like, we built it on a full moon and now the soundstage and detail is wider.
I'm all for measurements by the way. Very informative. But listening tests are essential. Although the last 3 components I've bought and 3 pairs of headphones all based on reviews. Still very happy. Burson composer 3x, chord qutest, sparko aries, audeze LCDxc, LCD3, LCD4.