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It's got everything to do with it.

The OP was making the case for measurements being better than human hearing.

"Human perception via senses are limited. Both in terms of degree and especially in quantification ability. Because of this academia & sciences developed empirical measurement techniques to quantify aspects of phenomenon normally observed by human perception but were difficult to quantify. As electronics developed, devices came available to measure all aspects of the specific applications being explored. Most of these devices were capable of measuring parameters far beyond the ability of human perception. This is why in the case of the "listening dog" example we can actually measure, using a device like a spectrum analyzer, what the dog is hearing and what we cannot."

I am making the case for human hearing being better, at least for some aspects of the sound, than meaurements. Let me rephrase my previous post. If one system produces a soundstage height that is taller than a second system, how would you go about measuring the systems to determine what was responsible? Same for musicality - for a system with perceived better musicality than a second system, how would you go about measuring the systems to determine what was responsible?


Edits: 11/06/12
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