I could go on for pages and pages more, but the end point is that physical measurements as they stand, connected solely to engineering criteria and weighting, fail to take into consideration the capacities of the human ear and brain and generally fail to understand ’hard engineering based measurements’ limits and limited scope, in application, to the complex question at hand.
That is indeed the issue, @teo_audio, and it's one that divides our community. I'm among the undecided as to the extent measurements reveal what we hear, and that just infuriates the measurementalists who essentially insist that their "science" is already perfect. That separates them from the genuine scientists and engineers, who welcome inquiry.
That...is science. Not this illiterate tail wagging the dog we see on these forums, day in and day out.
Absolutely. And it doesn't even matter which "side" of the question you're on.
This is my beef with ASR. It is clearly anti-science. It is dogmatic.
It's absurd that anyone would pretend to evaluate audio equipment yet not listen to it as part of the process. But that reveals the extent of the measurementalist's faith and as with all matters of faith, no proof is required, by definition. But that sure isn't my religion.
