borosteve wrote:

Why is it that most of the contributors to this group seem to be some
sort of anti- hifi sound quality brigade who seem to think that all cd
players sound the same and that measurements and specs of components
are king?

Whay exactly do you think you can hear that's not capable of being
measured ?

Today's test equipment can resolve non-linearities as small as 130dB below
the signal level which VASTLY exceeds the abilities of human hearing.

Reviewers who talk of differences in pace, rhythym, speed, darkness and
the like are simply blowing nonsense out of their backsides. If the they
found no differences, they'd be out of a job, so they make them up and
call them non-scientific names and claim they can't be measured so as to
ensure their next pay check. Charlatans, the lot of them.

Graham