ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS
Is it just me or am I the only one that has had it with overly pushy audiophiles that push measurements as the end all be all. I’m not talking about healthy discussions on measurements but obnoxious ones that talk down to you because of the measurements of your system or equipment is not perfect for them? All cables and cords are snake oil to them if it doesn’t register on their meters? Am I the only that feels this way?
@agwca "If it moves me emotionally..." This should be the basis... the most critical aspect. Of which there is no measure. Then after that appraisal of details, slam, imaging, micro details, micro transients...hmm, what is the measure of imaging... watts per cubic cm?... detail... hmm... not that either. Most of the measurements are very poor proxies for a small and distant aspect of the music we hear. |
Sorry, but you couldn’t be more wrong. Science is always open to debate. That’s why most of what we know about physics today is called scientific theories, not necessarily laws. Einstein questioned Newton’s theory of gravity and found holes in it. Oppenheimer asked why the atoms couldn’t be split and did it. Science is always open for discussion. We are still not sure what light is: particles of energy or electromagnetic waves? It can be argued both ways. I wholeheartedly agree with your last paragraph though. |
@spenav thats why I question a lot of the scientific type audiophiles. If I change materials, connectors , copper, silver, braiding , shielding amounts etc there is going to be a difference in sound. How can you be pro,science and then say you can’t hear a difference ? |
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