@PeterZui So you mean rather than believing the measurement of a device using a device that was made specifically to measure said device, we should listen to the website who told you to buy $1000 unobtanium cable?
Or we should abandon all review altogether because everyone listen to things differently and can't be measured?
Which one is your point?
Dear ViperScythe, In case we had the techniques and knowledge to make a measuring device that could tell us the sound of an audio set-up, we could better make an audio set-up with the same techniques and knowledge so it would be perfect shouldn't it ?
We know it doesn't work it this easy way. A measuring device can only measure where it is designed for (with limitations) and we might doubt whether it's measurement skills tells anything about our hearing perception.
I don't spent $1000 very easily and certainly not via a website that told me I have to buy one cable. Let's not call each other fools; I have a very dedicated audio dealer in the neighborhood who gives me the opportunity to try something at home for a week or so and the other way around I will give him something of me to try he doesn't know. I will pick in case it sounds OK.
About reviews; I value all (individual) reviews. As soon they are commercially supported, doubt is rising (We all want to earn money, isn't it ?)
From my point of view I've done the most major upgrades in my home stereo setup based on individual reviews of equipment on the internet. And to be honest didn't find anything new to explore on this site....
Cheer up, don't leave it all to the wonder measurement machines of amirm; trust some inspirational reviews on the internet, go for it, judge and trust your own ears and brain as the most important measurement system, there is no better