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In Reply to: A level-headed view of objectivism vs subjectivism and blind listening posted by 13th Duke of Wymbourne on March 12, 2020 at 10:55:37:
why does it have to be subjective versus objective? Why can't we use both tools in finally making an over all conclusion? At times a subjective result can tell us an objective result isn't the entire answer. And at times an objective result may tell us that what we hear may be nice but inaccurate.
I am ULTIMATELY an objectivist. That means I believe since audio gear is based on physics at some time(probably way in the future and I won't see it) we will be able to totally measure accuracy(which some listeners may not like). At this point it's obvious the classic measurements(like IM and harmonic distortion) while useful are not definitive. But I have seen occasional uses of other measurements give useful subjective correlation. A friend once accurately, blindly picked a stereo cartridge based on a frequency curve and 1 kHz square wave. And I've seen correlation of speaker sound based not on frequency curves alone but on curves of individual drivers and their crossovers.
In the meantime let's use every tool we have while searching for more tools without picking the ones we want to use because others may not be perfect.
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