True, you can't tell how equipment sounds based only on measurements. But that's more a factor of us not having adequate measurements that are truly fit for purpose.
And we should always listen to equipment when spending our money, because in the end, all that matters is that our own ears are pleased.
But I want professional reviews to include measurements, and I want the professional reviewer to understand measurements and what they mean. Sorry but I don't trust other people's purely subjective opinions. There is just too much room for unchecked ramblings (Sam Tellig? althought I always enjoyed reading his well-written ramblings) and outright unethical behavior (see Corey Greenberg).
Without measurements, it just opens the door wide open for people telling me that CDs sound better when they coat the edges with green paint.
And we should always listen to equipment when spending our money, because in the end, all that matters is that our own ears are pleased.
But I want professional reviews to include measurements, and I want the professional reviewer to understand measurements and what they mean. Sorry but I don't trust other people's purely subjective opinions. There is just too much room for unchecked ramblings (Sam Tellig? althought I always enjoyed reading his well-written ramblings) and outright unethical behavior (see Corey Greenberg).
Without measurements, it just opens the door wide open for people telling me that CDs sound better when they coat the edges with green paint.