The Unmeasurable Aspects of High-End Audio – PS Audio


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quincy

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@mahler123 Indeed there are some idiots that I declined to name that post a lot of absolute BS about equipment, especially high end equipment, based on their measurements of things that don't matter.  I hope PSA crushes them.

Jerr

Perhaps I'm quibbling, or perhaps what I'm about to say will resonate with a lot of readers.

I wouldn't say that things are unmeasurable. I'd just say that we haven't developed a method to measure many of the things that make a system great.

Furthermore, it is a common error to conclude or at least assume that the common parameters that are measured, reported, and published are indeed the proper things to measure to draw a conclusion on the sound quality of a system.

Now I'm not saying measurements are useless, you just have to use them for what they are intended.  For example, you need to know the sensitivity of a speaker measured in dB/w-m to judge how many watts you amplification you'll need to drive it.

Jerry