Send in the Clowns

Personally, I listen to music,comedy, podcasts, etc. 

Perhaps some people, instead, listen to test tones????

@jaybe 
If you think it is a waste of time, then do not comment.
 

@jaybe +1 -- basically the forum’s equivalent of "Old Man Yells at Cloud" 

@laoman then why waste your and our time?

Yep, like reviewing a performance car without driving it. 

The clowns will keep making the content when there are so many clowns applauding it and clicking the like button. As the comments state above, they feed each other with it. 

Similarly, a few days ago I mistakingly noticed and partially watched a youtube video titled "9000 dollar speaker cable against 14 dollar speaker cable". I was curious. Not surprisingly after watching about 30 seconds of it I could see the conclusion was there was going to be no difference. Talk about bias. The clown said he would connect one speaker cable into a $10 dollar switch, then from the switch into another set of DIY speaker cables, then into a mono speaker. He said the additional 2 foot piece of cable he made was a quality cable, and therefore should make no difference. What an idiot. 

Of course there were over 900 comments stating the usual "fools and their money" "all cable is the same" comments. Why even bother posting a logical comment to the flat-earthers- they are not only deaf but blind to common sense. 

Subjective listening descriptions are critical, but most people offer them without a lot of relevant details (room acoustics, associated equipment, source quality, etc.). Including those variables makes it possible for others to gauge whether a reported quality might be something they’d also experience. When they are not included, the reports are only reliable as the expression of someone’s feelings masquerading as an objective report.

In other words, measurements on their own may be highly problematic as a guide to the sound, but the solution isn’t just subjective listening reports -- those too can be worthless without some kind of report about other factors.

This is what "trust the science" means now.  Scientists, or non-scientists,  look at some subset of data which points to the conclusion they want. 

What does it mean to “use real science?”

This type of half ass crap has been going on for decades. It has nothing to do with audio equipment. Its purely emotional. The concept of high end audio and certain products like cables, offends some people to the very core if their existence. They don't want the truth, they just want the argument. And to them, everything hinges on measurements and science for proof. I'm going to give you some information that most people overlook. When they start talking science, ask them this question.

"Can you reference some type of review, comparison, study, test, etc..., where real science was used in the evaluation, on any piece of audio equipment ever made?"

Just 1 example where real science was applied during the testing. You will not get an answer. They can't come up with a single reference where science was used. Think about that. The science crowd has never used science when evaluating audio equipment. That can only mean 1 thing. Everything they say is based on a lie. Every time someone wants to put their money where their mouth is and have them take part in a real evaluation, they run. Talking is the only thing they're willing to do.   

There is a contingent on Audio Asylum (and probably here) that will tell you that all amps sound the same and only the speakers matter, so for them even the measurements don't matter.