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Re: audio isn't all about science...

> On the other hand, scientific methods are a powerful way to find
> things out,

Indeed it is for things that lie in the scientific domain like the performance of audio equipment.

> and it would be nice if they were used- there would be far
> less argument and far more real data.

But there would be no audiophile sector.

What would happen if the audiophile publications started performing controlled subjective listening tests for components like amplifiers, CD players (never mind cables) and revealed their reviewers could not distinguish many of the products in order to subjectively judge them? And when one looks at why they could distinguish the products they could... (which would be a hard question to avoid).

The publications need the industry and the industry needs the publications. The move from valid reviews to 'subjective' reviews without controls may have an element of a lottery at times for individual components but it was and is essentially a requirement if a reasonable level of enthusiasm and interest is to be generated about the products in the sector.

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