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The Audio Science Review (ASR) approach to reviewing wines.

Imagine doing a wine review as follows - samples of wines are assessed by a reviewer who measures multiple variables including light transmission, specific gravity, residual sugar, salinity, boiling point etc.  These tests are repeated while playing test tones through the samples at different frequencies.

The results are compiled and the winner selected based on those measurements and the reviewer concludes that the other wines can't possibly be as good based on their measured results.  

At no point does the reviewer assess the bouquet of the wine nor taste it.  He relies on the science of measured results and not the decidedly unscientific subjective experience of smell and taste.

That is the ASR approach to audio - drinking Kool Aid, not wine.

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gtscott
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Anyone who bases their buying decisions on the results of a single review or site is extremely misguided.

ASR provides just one data point out of the myriad of data points available. They provide accurate measurements (as far as I can tell) and an opinion. Listening is an optional part of their approach.

In conjunction with all of the other information available about a product ASR is just another tool and provides useful information. No one is forcing anyone to do anything here, it is YOU that decide how to treat the information you find.

 

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