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That is also a myth. As I said before, it's like saying that most Americans have 2.3 kids. This curve is an approximate average of all sorts of assumptions and calculations. It represents some imagined middle point between every possible HRTF, but should not be expected to accurately represent any individual HRTF. Its fundamentally wrong comparing measurements directly to this curve as an absolute target, and much more reasonable addressing to it as the mean in a normal distribution of values. Deviation from the mean at any point in the spectrum doesn't necessarily brings on adverse sonic effects – on the contrary, it could be preferable to some section of the population, if it happens to much their specific HRTF and compliment their choice of music. So the conclusion that a specific headphone would sound bad based on deviation from the mean, even a large one, is not reliable. It's like saying that any shoe size that’s not at the average size for American adults would be definitely uncomfortable for all adults. This is of course false – some adults would have smaller or bigger feet that would require different sizes of shoes that could deviate greatly from the average.Yeah, I don't think anyone said that, but it is a curve that would be preferred by most people, which has been said a lot.
The only true test of whether a specific headphone sounds good to a specific person, is for that person to listen to that headphone and hear for himself. Alternatively, a reliable review would be one made by someone who has very similar taste in headphones to the person who reads it – meaning they have similar sonic preferences. Amir probably have similar taste to some percentage of the population, but there is no reason to assume that his taste matches every person, or is even reflecting of the "average" preference (that "most" people have – meaning, something close to the mean). I've seen countless headphones reviews, and every reviewer has very different preferences, so it's pointless relying on any individual review in deciding what gear would suit one's preferences.