"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message

In article
, Arny
Krueger
wrote:


There's nothing wrong with wondering whether or not a
full set of conventional measurements are a reliable
guide to sound quality in normal listening. It is a
question that has been answered again and again,
affirming the idea that a full set of conventional
measurements are a reliable guide to sound quality.

Alas, the problem seems to be that many 'reviews' not
only fail to make appropriate measurements. They also
fail to give any explanation of their meanings and what
can be drawn from them. Instead the 'review' has purple
prose extolling the writer's impressions about a system
and room the readers will never use.

Precisely. Most contemporary consumer audio reviews appear to be written by
people whose greater strength is journalism, not engineering or any other
form of science. And that's the mainstream press. When you get into high
end audio, you find reviewers whose day job involves homeopathic medicine or
TM.