Do you trust your ears more than measurements?

Do you test drive a car that you are considering buying, or do you make a buying decision based on the Road and Track test?

Yes. Both.

The R&D test (objectives) narrow down the field. The test drive determines if everything is satisfactory. How does a car enter your sphere of consideration without first knowing its most important objectives? You can't always tell by looking. A Corvette may look fast, but a Civic Type R may smoke it around the track. That's why you need to look at measurements.

"We don’t listen to square waves on purpose, but that is one measurement from the old days that is still a valid predictor of sonic performance."

Ahhh, but we do! Can you show me even one analog synthesizer that doesn’t include a square wave pattern in its oscillators?

My room sounded decent when first built but measured like this:

After treating the room is produces this now. SOund better?

Treated room measurement graph. Could not paste in above, sorry.

After treating the room is produces this now. SOund better?

Word much?