I get what you're saying too, but it doesn't matter, every piece of evidence that comes by can add weight to a theory - until it doesn't, ha! But, the likelihood you can draw a conclusion becomes ever greater with each piece of evidence that points toward fitting a theory.Im not sure you can use EQ preference on a third unit (Z) to determine it measures closer to unit X or unit Y measured by someone else on which the two EQs are based. I get what your thinking is , but that is making a leap or two too many to give any real weight to in my book. One EQ might just be preferable to that listener full stop regardless of how it was derived.
What if unit Z measures slap bang between X and Y if it was measured by Resolve ?
If that's how he worded it then there's quite a lot of wriggle-room in that statement. It suggests that there would be noticeable frequency response differences between the two, albeit not necessarily massive. You'd kind of doubt that he would make such a vague statement if they were identical apart from "paint job/aeshetics".I mean. We had Dan Clark himself in this very forum say both headphones were similar, not identical. Now, he may have done that to boost the sales for the RT, I can't be sure, but that statement is a lot more credible than that of a Drop employee.