PMC... are they that good?

[Noddy]

Perhaps God is deaf?

Maybe that was intended merely as a joke with no substance, however someone who spends huge amounts of time showing us what hifi components are actually doing is surely doing us a service. Obviously you have to listen to the things, in the end that’s what counts, but measurements allow us to see behind the often grandiose claims of some manufacturers. The hifi world is full of charlatans selling woo. A good example is Mcintosh, not my cup of tea, and very expensive, but measurements by Amir and others prove that their performance is top notch. In contrast he and others showed that the Wiim Mini has a high grade digital output, but a mediocre analogue output.

 

[Revolutions]

Using measurements can just as easily be another way of selling woo.

I find ASR useful & I doubt anyone will say the site doesn’t offer a helpful service. But it can just as quickly become a cult of remote decision making without doing the only thing that really matters: listening to it.

I don’t mean this as a dig, but all the McKintosh & WiiM measurements show is that the expensive product measures well & the budget product has limitations. A useful indicator, sure. Which means that anything more is just as objective as a reviewer’s opinion.

 

[Al ears]

I'd agree that, just because something measures well (whatever that means), doesn't mean it will sound good as you cannot simply test one item on its own. It needs to be part of a system.

 

[Juzzie Wuzzie]

I'd agree that, just because something measures well (whatever that means), doesn't mean it will sound good as you cannot simply test one item on its own. It needs to be part of a system.

And part of an (your) environment!