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In Reply to: Correct me but it does seem you are saying the quoted measurments are useless posted by Russ57 on March 9, 2007 at 14:20:29:
Hi Russ57,I think you're missing the point of my post, i.e. objectivists untruthfully state: SUBJECTIVISTS THINK ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE USELESS!
The keyword here is ALL. As I stated in the original post EVERY subjectivist knows that SOME measurements are useful. For example an SPL meter for example can be quite useful in determining "sound" levels.What subjectivists believe is that todays accepted audio measurements don't correlate with what we hear. Unfortunately some of the lunatic-fringe objectivists here twist that believe into a weapon to use against subjectivists by declaring that means I or other subjectivists believe ALL measurements are useless and that's where the problem arises from.
Look at it this way. If I was about to take a long trip and had no money to buy more gas, knowing how much gas I had in the tank could tell me if I could make the trip or not! Measuring the oil wouldn't correlate with how many miles I could travel per gallon of gas in the tank would it? So if I said measuring the oil is useless in determining how many miles I can travel. Does that mean I believe ALL measurements are useless? Of course it doesn't. Measuring the oil will tell me if the engine is sufficiently lubricated, but it won't tell me squat about if I have enough gas to travel the distance required. It's the same thing with audio. Today's measurements don't tell me anything about how well an amp replicates live unamplified music, nor does it tell me how well the amp throws a soundstage. These measurements are good for other things, but not at revealing audio traits that are important to me. So just because I believe that doesn't mean I believe ALL measurements are useless!
Thetubeguy1954
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Follow Ups
- The Correction - thetubeguy1954 05:43:23 03/12/07 (2)
- It's a shame the point has to be made to them, over and over. But we know already, they don't listen! nt - clarkjohnsen 11:00:58 03/12/07 (1)
- If we were like TG54, we'd take that literally rather than as rhetorical exaggeration. - Pat D 06:45:32 03/13/07 (0)
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