Pennyless Audiophile
Active Member
Graphics designers rarely claim that visual illusions they employ are a major discovery that is unexplained by known science. Audiophile products and their supporters make this claim many times a day.
Because they are.
If I gave you all the info about my hearing, my psychological status, the equipment, my room, and the recording I am listening, would you be capable of telling me the impressions and sensations I am going to have?
The graphic designers can with very good approximation. In audio the approximation is much much worse.
After all, if you think that the whole of the transfer function of a piece of equipment can be given by the frequency response, no wonder you can't. Not that it is not true, it is just not enough to answer the question above.