Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why?


After my Audio Science Review review forum, it became apparent that nearly the only way one can determine the measurements of an audio product is wait for a review on line or in a publication.  Most equipment is never reviewed or is given a subjective analysis rather than a measurement oriented review.  One would think that manufacturers used tests and measurements to design and construct their products. 

Manufacturers routinely give the performance characteristics of their products as Specifications.  Those are not test measurements.

I searched the Revel speaker site for measurements of any of their speakers and could not find any.  Revels are universally lauded for their exceptional reviewed measurements.  Lack of published manufacturer measurements is true for nearly every speaker manufacturer I've searched for on line, perhaps several hundred.   Same is true for amps, pre-amps, DACs, transports, turntables, well you get the picture.  Do they have something to hide?   I doubt the good quality products have anything to hide but poor quality products do.  

ASR prides itself in providing "true" measurements that will aid in purchase decisions.   Why don't the manufacturers provide these measurements so that reviewers can test if they are truthful or not?

Then there are the cables and tweaks for which I suspect that there are inadequate tests available to measure sonically perceived differences but which objectivists believe don't exist or are "snake oil."  

Well, please chime in if you have some illuminating thoughts on the subject.   

I would have loved to see manufacturers measurements on my equipment and especially those that I rejected.  

fleschler

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You know how much money it would cost to use boutique cables in a recording studio, that's probably the reason they use mogami or belden. 

David Gilmour's Astoria recording studio used 23 kilometers of boutique cables, how much do you think that cost them.

I don't care what the measurements say, I care what my system can do in my room with my ears.

Accuracy is a myth in audio playback, no system sounds like live unamplified music, so why not just use what you enjoy to listen to. 

Verified by perpetual blind tests I presume?

Not at all. I thought you all didn't believe in that.  I am just trying to fit in....

 

@Amir ASR this was not my post

When Kenjit agrees with ASR you know you should stay as far away as possible.

Is this the same master that measured a large panel speaker like it was a small bookshelf speaker? 

You can have the best test equipment in the world, but if you don't use it properly you won't get an accurate measurement, like measuring a large dipole panel speaker at the wrong distance.