solderdude
Grand Contributor
Yes, I understand, but why go through the trouble to replace all of that bias/belief with different biases/beliefs which can only be realized under extraordinary listening conditions? Is it purely to save money? What other motivation is there?
Truth finding ?
relation finding between perceived (without knowing what is used) sound and measured aspects.
You cannot do this on sighted subjective findings as they also include other biases.
You should not confuse technical performance with personal preference. You seek the latter. This is fine and is what 99% of audiophiles do and makes the most sense from an 'lets enjoy music reproduction' standpoint.
This, however, has nothing to do with technical performance and signal fidelity. This is what ASR is all about. For the Electronics realm this can be done accurately, for transducers it is more difficult/inconclusive to accurately measure and interpret. Certainly when room effects have to be taken into account. Add to that personal preference, hearing and perception and finding correlation is problematic to say the least.
At least this is not the case with electronics, that is, when correct tests and test methods are used and all aspects are taken into consideration.
Things a review also cannot show is different conditions between users, longevity issues, some 'hidden' faults etc.
The latter ones also cannot be shown with subjective evaluations only.
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