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Being able to measure something...

and understanding how it correlates to how / what we hear, AND also to other simultaneous auditory stimuli is the real trick. I really don't know of anyone that listens to individual test tones, standardized test signals or noise bursts on a regular basis. Hence, drawing conclusions from such test methodology can be troublesome and deceiving at best.

Music is very complex in nature, presenting non-symmetrical signals of various amplitudes and frequencies simultaneously. There's so much going on at one time, taking accurate measurements and being able to extrapolate usable data corresponding to how the human ear / brain processes that info is "less than optimum" at this time.

While we have some phenomenally advanced test equipment available to us, interpreting the test results and being able to interpret / apply what we learn from such is still not perfected. Besides all of that, we still have to factor in differences in individual hearing capabilities, varying levels of listening skill and personal auditory bias.

Science is a great and marvelous thing, but only when applied in a meaningful manner. Otherwise, "facts" aren't really universal facts, they are responses and results achieved under specific test conditions. Whether or not those specific test conditions apply to reality may be something all together different. Sean
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