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There are a couple interesting articles in Stereophile about the limitations of the methods they use:
http://www.stereophile.com/features/105kh/index.html
http://www.stereophile.com/features/405time/index.html
But they haven't changed anything. I've noticed in recent times, some speakers measure so well on the standard Stereophile tests that it's hard to find fault with them or tell them apart. It seems that something more is needed. Measures of dynamics and distortion probably wouldn't help. It would also be interesting to see if they could extend the waterfall plots down to lower frequencies and see what that reveals.
Soundstage magazine has access to an anechoic chamber. They post some distortion measurements which Stereophile doesn't, but they don't post any waterfall plots at all which is a shame if the anechoic chamber would let them produce better ones than Stereophile.
Is there any hope either of these mags might expand their test regimes?
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