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Yes- Measurements and listening go hand in hand

Listening can tell us what we hear, and measurements can tell us why we hear what we hear.

Wave forms and bandwidth can tell us why an amplifier sounds muddy in deep bass, or exhibits grain in high treble, or sounds warm/rolled off. Measurements can tell us an amplifier's dynamic range and power output into varying loads, which can be useful when matching to speakers.

Tonearm resonance and cartridge compliance can tell us much about how a cartridge will sound. So will a FR that changes with cartridge loading.

With speakers, linearity of FR, along with impedance swings can tell us much about how a speaker will sound in room and how it will couple to an amplifier.

Ying and Yang; Right Brain and Left Brain.

SP gets the balance right, and other mags that eschew measurements in favor of full subjectivity often have to struggle to explain why a reviewer hears or does not hear something.

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