Except for the last part, where he lists seven things and says "
Measurements say zero about any of that."
- Translate
- Hear details
- Stand to work in front of it for hours
- Reliable
- Repairable
- Speed up work
- Better work
I agree acoustic measurements wont tell us about (4) and (5). I think the rest are comprehensively covered by measurements.
1. How a monitor work for a person is highly subjective. One must use it to know, just looking at the measurements will not tell you this.
2. How easy it is to details, layering, reverb tails, and so on has likely much to do with low distortion, and especially so in the midrange where pretty much everything in a mix overlaps. It should be seen in the measurements, but it is probably better to actually hear how the loudspeaker performs in real use.
3. This is also likely highly subjective, what doesn’t cause listening fatigue for one person may do so for the next guy. Using it for long time during work for 8-10 hours a day will tell you this.
4 and 5. Reliability and easily repairable is very important for someone dependent on the work tools for his work. ATC has a long and good track record of this.
6. This is related to many of the above points. As in point 2, the better the audio engineer can hear all the details, layering, and such, the faster he will be able to make the right decisions faster. Point 3 prevents extended pauses, and reliability and easily repairable is obviously a good thing for speed of work.
7. Everything above will lead to better work.
Most of the above points are hard to know just by looking at measurements.