Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why?


After my Audio Science Review review forum, it became apparent that nearly the only way one can determine the measurements of an audio product is wait for a review on line or in a publication.  Most equipment is never reviewed or is given a subjective analysis rather than a measurement oriented review.  One would think that manufacturers used tests and measurements to design and construct their products. 

Manufacturers routinely give the performance characteristics of their products as Specifications.  Those are not test measurements.

I searched the Revel speaker site for measurements of any of their speakers and could not find any.  Revels are universally lauded for their exceptional reviewed measurements.  Lack of published manufacturer measurements is true for nearly every speaker manufacturer I've searched for on line, perhaps several hundred.   Same is true for amps, pre-amps, DACs, transports, turntables, well you get the picture.  Do they have something to hide?   I doubt the good quality products have anything to hide but poor quality products do.  

ASR prides itself in providing "true" measurements that will aid in purchase decisions.   Why don't the manufacturers provide these measurements so that reviewers can test if they are truthful or not?

Then there are the cables and tweaks for which I suspect that there are inadequate tests available to measure sonically perceived differences but which objectivists believe don't exist or are "snake oil."  

Well, please chime in if you have some illuminating thoughts on the subject.   

I would have loved to see manufacturers measurements on my equipment and especially those that I rejected.  

fleschler

@amir_asr 

What should make you upset is folks paying orders of magnitude more, only to get a less performant audio device. 

This is basically just stuff you are making up. You have 0 data to prove that all cables sound the same just like you have 0 data to prove they all sound different.

Don't use money as an excuse like you have some magic spending formula for audio. I haven't seen your system, your room, your measurements, nada. I am sincerely interested in this, thanks.

@jerryg123 

What’s really great is @amir_asr slams a line of affordable cables…

Thanks for acknowledging that. A $10 bottle of water is also affordable.  It doesn't mean they get a free pass to claim health benefits for it over a $1 one.

If a $100 cable is no better than a free one that came with your gear, then the truth needs to get out about that as well as a $1000+ cable.  Maybe to you $100 is nothing but for others, it is good money they don't want to throw out.

holmz +1 - time domain response has significant SQ impact.it also has to include small signal steps, scaling to max power level to check dynamics

Which dynamics @westcoastaudiophile ?

We are not talking about impulse response anymore are we?
Are we talking about compression?
or some stickiness and hysterysis in the drivers?

I lost lock and am not following.