This hobby is for hedonists, not scientists

@newton_john  - Sorry my friend, I really was not talking about the vocation of those in Audiogon, and hope you don’t feel slighted.  I meant more that as we approach what we listen to and buy, we should give in more to our senses than our analytical capabilities.  If you were offended by my post you have my sincere apologies that I was not clearer in posting, and regret any slights felt.

There are two kinds of cooks in the same person.  There's the cook that  carefully picks a recipe and tastes the sauce as it simmers, and there's the cook that eats and appreciates the meal.  We should do more of the latter. 

@larsman The West Coast versus the NY ones…… two kinds of cooks and tastes.

Yeah l started the 4 wheel bagel multipack slant on this thread. I thought the whole, hole in the bagel thing lightened up the humourist (US humorist) scientist versus the hedonist scenario, that had no real taste to it. Same argument can apply to all the sad supermarket bagels sold in the UK.

Because my actual religious vocation is "maker of analogies" i have one more. 

We should be more cooks than bakers. 

@erik_squires “We should be more cooks than bakers”

You do realise you have just burnt the cakes and upst all the bakers out there.

“Is it possible that the reason current measurements do not reliably predict sound quality is that the state of scientific knowledge of the complex psychoacoustic, environmental factors, and psychological mechanisms of subjective musical perception/enjoyment are not fully understood, and an algorithm”?

Exactly the right question about this debate of science vs. perception.