Measurements, A/B testing - TAS discusses why they’re lacking

Great read of:

I remember John Curl said “We don’t know what to measure..”. Now I know what he’s talking about.

kennyc02-01-2025 9:08pm

jasonbourne71 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,251 posts 02-02-2025 at 01:15pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete John Curl is wrong! Audio equipment measurements are settled engineering. There are no "unknowns" to be discovered! You could say that audio engineering started back in 1877 with Edison's Talking Cylinder. By the 1930's the foundations of modern audio engineering were in place.
jasonbourne71 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,251 posts 02-02-2025 at 12:40pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The now defunct Brit mag Hi FI World had occasional sections devoted to DIY builds about their tube gear kits. Anybody remember this and bought their kits? I bought HI Fi World regularly at the old now-gone Borders Books.
bruce19 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 275 posts 02-02-2025 at 04:01am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Honestly I wish there was a hobbyist magazine that mingled a healthy dose of DIY construction and design with the equipment and music reviews. One where manufacturers and designers and hobbyists were either interviewed or contributed articles in roughly equal measure. The preponderance of high end equipment showcased in the mags these days feels uncomfortably too much like a narrated product brochure for luxury goods.