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Maybe critical listening skills are bad?

In another thread about how to A/B compare speakers for a home I was thinking to myself, maybe the skills a reviewer may use to convey pros and cons of a speaker to readers is a bad skill to use when we evaluate hardware and gear?

I'm not against science, or nuance at all.  I was just thinking to myself, do I really want to spend hours A/B testing and scoring a speaker system I want to live with?

I do not actually.  I think listening for 2 days to a pair of speakers, and doing the same to another pair I need to focus first on what made me happy.  Could I listen to them for hours?  Was I drawn to spend more time with music or was I drawn to writing  minutiae down?

And how much does precise imaging really do for my enjoyment by the way?  I prefer to have a system that seems endless.  As if I'm focusing my eyes across a valley than to have palpable lung sounds in my living room.

Anyway, just a thought that maybe we as consumers need to use a different skill set when buying than reviewers do when selling.

erik_squires

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sls883
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I agree with the comments above. I know my system is good when I can't draw myself away and want to hear the next song, and the next...

I think reviews can give a potential buyer a basic idea of how a component performs, but it is very subjective and it depends on the other gear in the reviewer's system.  I see reviews of certain pieces of gear and have to wonder if the rest of the reviewer's system is neutral and revealing enough to really make judgements.

All I can say about my gear is how it sounds in my system with my cables, etc.  

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