Audio Science Review = "The better the measurement, the better the sound" philosophy


"Audiophiles are Snobs"  Youtube features an idiot!  He states, with no equivocation,  that $5,000 and $10,000 speakers sound equally good and a $500 and $5,000 integrated amp sound equally good.  He is either deaf or a liar or both! 

There is a site filled with posters like him called Audio Science Review.  If a reasonable person posts, they immediately tear him down, using selected words and/or sentences from the reasonable poster as100% proof that the audiophile is dumb and stupid with his money. They also occasionally state that the high end audio equipment/cable/tweak sellers are criminals who commit fraud on the public.  They often state that if something scientifically measures better, then it sounds better.   They give no credence to unmeasurable sound factors like PRAT and Ambiance.   Some of the posters music choices range from rap to hip hop and anything pop oriented created in the past from 1995.  

Have any of audiogon (or any other reasonable audio forum site) posters encountered this horrible group of miscreants?  

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Showing 50 responses by juanmanuelfangioii

We have been saying this all along and it took you over 300 posts to figure this out.

Your opinion will differ from mine and that is life. Use measurements as one of the qualifying nodes. What you like and enjoy is the final measure.

If you are the smartest guy in the room, leave the room.

 

  The only basis on which one can logically, rationally, universally, compare audio components is on the basis of their subjective performance, subject to the simple equation above, yet think about the wasted time and energy devoted to arguing opinion on this and other audio boards...it's insane. If you don't care how well your audio components perform objectively and want to use solely your own ears to make your decisions, great! Have at it! If you find value in knowing your components are as accurate as possible to the recording, great! Have at it! If you want to use the info from measurements as an aid in selecting components and then use your ears as the final arbiter, great! Have at it! Whatever makes you happy, have at it! We should all have the freedom to choose without the incessant and idiotic arguing.

ASR is fun for everyone. All they really test is low end value line equipment unless a member sends in.

Think he was referencing the Dead Man’s Party.

 

So @noske you are a faithful follower of the brother John Birch?

His minions are descending, in the hopes they will accent into to Amir’s audio heaven. 
 

 

@noske I do not assume this of the readers here.

Only of the blind cultist over at ASR.

Enjoy your evening. 

Don’t assume that the readers of your many comments here have an IQ in the double digits.

All praise the great Amir and pass the collection basket.

$150k in test equipment he clearly is not qualified to use.

Enjoy the noise in the data. 
 

 

@quiet why would I have any test equipment?

I am not the unqualified person doing online audio reviews. 
 

Hey Amir is calling you home. 🦑 

So it is scientific class warfare. The “have nots” vs the “haves”

Really what he is doing is validating to his base that shopping at Walmart is okay. And that is fine but do not attack me for wanting to buy from a manufacturer that makes their DAC in Canada and it cost $10K and yes it sounds better than that $1000 DAC from China.

Amir is catering to his customer base.

@kota1 +10 ASR is a scam of an audio website. Fools are soon fleeced for slanted biased opinions and data  based on what Amir can sell them. Chi-Fi all day and not the top end stuff.

@noske it is used in all the trade rags all over the internet and is not a Derogatory Racist term. Only in your woke little mind. . Please ...such a prude. Are you living in a bubble . 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 WLB.

 

 

 

@noske you are woke and failed. A threat I am in Chicago child. That is sarcasm.

Please move on child. Such a prude. So lame.

🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄

 

Guess you need to read the rules my friend. No vulgarity.

So I shut you down an Chi Fi shouldn’t your woke butt be in bed?  The dingos are circling your cabin @noske 

Okay mr @thecarpathian move on so now Am I Errol or Jerry. You are crazy.
 

Please take your meds.  

And you should as I am not Errol but I hope you find him as you are endeared to him or her. 

@nonoise very good article and I am also intrigued by the Soulnote product. Very relatable article, thank you for posting the link.

Crikey the age old argument, “I am right and you are wrong” I think we all need a hit off of someone’s bong. 
 

Time to move on this is a stalemate and has been for some time.

 

Amir welcome. So are these negative posts having a negative impact on  your collection basket? I know the bad press did not help Falwell or Baker. And who was the guy in Tulsa that said a 900 foot Jesus was going to kill him if he did not raise a million dollars? 

@prof  the word is irony.

Oh the ironing....

And no just sick of this thread that would have been killed by Amir on his forum.

@axo1989 No you are so wrong. ASR nope never, Darko never even frequent his site or YouTube as he reviews the cheap crap Amir does. 

Swing and a miss. 

Try again this is the only place I post at. WBF I just read as they have people who are real experts there. Not posers like ASR. 

BTW Juan Manuel Fangio II was an Icon in F1. My Grandfather was an engineer on the Alfa Romeo team in 1950 and 1951 working with Mr. Fangio. Juan one 5 F1 Championships. 

His Nephew Juan Manuel Fangio II (my moniker) was a very accomplished IMSA and AMLS driver. 

Keep fishing. 

@cindyment ​​​@crymeanaudioriver not a flat earther and I also do not subscribe to the measurements tripe.

Really do not care. You claim you stood up to Amir and yet here you are defending the bullocks. 

@tsushima1 agreed!  Stop feeding the trolls 😈 they then die a slow death cause they feed off the 💩. Please take it personal @crymeanaudioriver  

I do.

I also consider you a troll @cindyment  err  ​​​​@crymeanaudioriver 

 

Do you consider Apple a Chinese company?

This has all gotten so booorrriiinnnggg.

Please go back to your sandbox, to which I hope is filled with quicksand. 

Time to shut this pig down.  

@crymeanaudioriver and you are an expert on?

I thought you were a Phlebotomist or Respiratory Therapist ?

Or you are @cindyment the great audio designer that could not site one design. He or she was quite the expert on wine and cheese too, especially fromunda cheese.

@crymeanaudioriver whats it like being one of Amir’s flying monkeys? Don’t sell yourself short you have been condescending throughout this string.