Do the best audio designers put their ears before the numbers.


Human hearing is what passions our love for music. Subjectively speaking, most of our hearing can’t be measured in a way that tells us how something will sound. So if we can’t measure our hearing to correlate with the numbers ( measurements) used by manufacturer’s of audio components, why are they so important? Assuming I’m right? Don’t the best designs always result from designers that approach their designs with their ears first and worry less about how it measures?
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High-fidelity is a concept born with electronical, tubes and solid state design long ago...

Audiophile acoustic was born with the Greek theaters... :)


These 2 concepts are linked, they must be distinguished but not separated in modern audio...

If i was an amplifier designer or dac designer, i will use sound and electronics measures technics first... I will listen at night at the end my own design to have a feed back tough.... :)

If i was an audiophile i will trust my ears over numbers....Because embeddings mechanically, electrically and acoustically an audio system does work with the 2 ears that will be living in the house....Not with an A.I. (for the moment tough).


If i was an audio seller, producer, designer, etc i will read numbers and i will listen with my ears de-waxed....

Sometimes people argue and look hard for some angles where their arguments can go on and on like the roots of a tree or the canopy system........

I cannot throw any stones tough, liking arguments myself....

But at the root this is simple.... I think..... :)

« The roots are not more simpler than the canopy.» - Groucho Marx