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Re: This is a rather one sided

I am not sure if I should reply to such a deeply felt emotional post. I have no desire to cause any offence.

However, for what it's worth ---
1. You called Ben Goldacre's article "sensationalistic trash". It is no such thing. The entire series is about bad science and there is no attempt at sensationalism.
2. If, as you state above, it is true that "simple set of specifications that fill even today 'spec. sheet' are generally found to be inadequate for determining the sonic performance", then the answer is to find the specifications that are adequate and not by abandoning measurements (as in the case of modern day turntables).
3. I was originally responding to a post about cables and not about power amps. However, the point remains that even if you have valid reasons to distrust a particular DBT ( an implementation ), there is no reason to doubt the validity of DBTs in general (i.e., the methodology ).

If I understand you right, you are mainly complaining as in (3) and the insensitivity and rudeness of the "objectivists" and I do not want to argue about that.



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