ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS

My ’2 bits’ ( "2 cents!? Average ’stop ’n rob’ has that in and on the parking lot...") is I like to see some ’basic stats’ on any item that a card has to be used to buy it.

It seemed to be a standard issue of publication, and the cynic in me wonders why the ’habit’ got an intervention it didn’t need.....z

After a time, I’ve assumed that any decent to SOTA piece of gear has reached a ’singularity’ of sorts....

’Beyond This, All Else is Taste and Preference."

Cables, IC’s, and the plethora of choices seem to point to that of late to this unwashed and guilty irrelevant.....seems a very subtle version of 'eq' imho...
...it's your dollar$ to do with....

I just enjoy where I’m at for the present that won’t hold still.... ;)

You’re so fine
Lose my mind
And the world seems to disappear
All the problems
All the fears
And the world seems to
Disappear....

....for awhile, for enough.....

If the shoe fits…..well except it probably won’t with no measurements. 

If it moves me emotionally and I like it...fine.

When I was first getting into this hobby and visiting music stores (decades ago), I appreciated the staff that would let me play my music on the equipment I wanted to compare in my price range and not talk during the demo.

One salesperson who started talking all this audiophile jargon and went off on his own tirade rather than asking me where I was at and what I think I wanted; all I remember thinking is...this guy isn't making it with the girls ( a nicer way to put it).

And, while measurements are a nice comparative use tool, we all have different rooms, responses to what we are hearing, etc.  All that said, I do appreciate Erin's Corner, more than some of the others for what he brings to the table.   

@agwca 

One salesperson who started talking all this audiophile jargon and went off on his own tirade rather than asking me where I was at and what I think I wanted; 

I had that once about 25 years ago; I remember it vividly. How can I demo the speakers when every 3 seconds he had something else to say? Needless to say he was never my salesman. There is that age-old saying amongst salespeople in any industry: Never talk yourself out of a deal, or talk past the close. 

There is a store in Dallas if you come in more than one time the cut it off so you can’t hear it.  To me it’s about getting people to hear what they want and seek.  That’s why I demo stuff to folks. It’s about them being happy and stuff sounding good.