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You answered your own question

Let's start with the answer:

The solution to the problem is (by careful testing) to find the variables that can be measured and correlate reliably with perceived sound quality.

We don't yet know what we don't know. Who said anything about abadoning measurements? The Absolute Sound was founded on the observation (that still holds true today over thirty years later) that they STILL DO NOT CORRELATE to qualitative differences.

Then the question:

If that does not fly in the face of all science, what does?

Let me see if I understand your point. Despite the fact that we really cannot draw any meaningful conclusions over the sound quality of a component using present scientific measurements, we do know all the sonic effects of cables? I think we know the least about their ultimate effects.

That reminds me of a funny story when I was a kid. My cousin worked part time at a gas station and had a conversation with one of the veteran grease monkeys about condensation on Coke bottles. My cousin told him the source. His response: "I know damn well it doesn't come out of the air!"


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