What covid research can teach us about audio measurements.


Recent studies in Canada for patients with so-called long covid show us on how science and measurements and research actually works.

Patients with long covid suffering from limited ability to exercise passed most "normal" tests but it took a new type of test to positively identify a mechanism that explained why the patients suffered.

 

Honestly there is a lot of snake oil and charlatanism in our hobby, and I don't claim to discount that fact.  What I do want to say is that science doesn't rest with 50 year old measurements.  It evolves to measure and explain constantly. 

The reason I am personally dissatisfied with audio measurements in the common literature is exactly because of this stagnation, and when these fail us we trust our ears and gut for lack of better tools. 

Anyone who runs the same 20 measurements on an amplifier or DAC and claims it is science and that these measurements are all that can be known is fooling themselves into believing that they are scientists or that we have reached the limits of understanding.

And above all, caveat emptor!

erik_squires

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@nonoise

It really is something else and to your point, I commented on another thread where an Audiogon member wanted someone to setup a fake account on Steve Hoffman forums so they could troll. Guess who’s post was removed? Not the trolls....

I read through many threads and posts before I made my first post and how, to me, can an appropriately moderated forum allow all of these ghost accounts, like the ones I mentioned in my post that still resides in this thread. Yes, you may have guessed I had another post pointing out the absurdity of users with multiple accounts and it was removed.

If the term snowflake applies to anyone, and I hate the use of these stupidly assigned names to certain groups, well it applies to the thin-skinned here who post and then run to mommy moderator when another post makes them feel bad.

And another post removed. 

Moderators working under the cloak of secrecy, maybe try and contact so we understand. I read the guidelines, my removed post did not break any of the 'rules',