I'm one that always believed that measuring the basic fundamentals of a piece of audio gear such as purity of the 1khz and a 10khz sq wave,total power,total distortion,feedback,dampening,total frequency response and bandwidth at 1 watt and full power,at least gives a starting point of how well the amp or preamp will function for basic listening.
The problem is,we cannot measure every element under dynamic conditions as it relates to the human ear and psyche.This is why we can measure two amplifiers that spec almost identical in every way,yet they can sound quite a bit different once we hook them up and listen for a while.
We are learning new things every day and there is equipment that can test a lot more than the typical test bench however,I still don't believe it can measure everything we can hear as it relates to each individual.
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong" H. L. Mencken
Edits: 05/15/16
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Topic - Test measurents and their overall value. - Michael Samra 14:57:12 05/15/16 (11)
- RE: Play different amps. - DAK 14:56:43 05/17/16 (0)
- RE: Test measurents and their overall value. - lovetube 06:29:22 05/16/16 (0)
- RE: Test measurents and their overall value. - hahax@verizon.net 20:34:59 05/15/16 (0)
- RE: Test measurents and their overall value. - Tre' 17:24:46 05/15/16 (7)
- RE: Test measurents and their overall value. - Triode_Kingdom 18:44:24 05/15/16 (6)
- There are certain things we don't routinely measure, such as transient distortion. - Michael Samra 19:44:03 05/15/16 (3)
- RE: There are certain things we don't routinely measure, such as transient distortion. - Frihed89 00:43:39 05/16/16 (2)
- RE: There are certain things we don't routinely measure, such as transient distortion. - Triode_Kingdom 08:20:14 05/16/16 (1)
- RE: There are certain things we don't routinely measure, such as transient distortion. - Michael Samra 21:53:20 05/16/16 (0)
- RE: Test measurents and their overall value. - Tre' 18:52:59 05/15/16 (1)
- RE: Test measurents and their overall value. - Triode_Kingdom 08:21:53 05/16/16 (0)