How ironic. This is full of fallacies and assumptions.
Generations of tile artists have died from silica dust exposure related illness. They know that’s what’s killing them, their sons know that’s what will eventually kill them. They carry on the legacy anyways, without understanding why.
Astronauts know that spending extended periods of time in space will shorten their skeletons, and their lives.
You are lying to yourself.
This clearly isn't a right or wrong debate.. I am not here to fight you or even question what you have to say.
As much as you[anyone] doesnt like an objective approach I think you must consider the fundamental purpose of these measurements, not to waste your money like a fool.
You dont get paid to receive and enjoy audio gear, and some people will dish out loads of cash in hopes of reach nirvana. If they found it, great! Clearly some never do.
This topic goes either direction, and I say this because a subjective person needs to also realize one thing. This goes for objective people as well,
that even something that has HORRIBLE measurements still sounds good/alright/Ok. If you check the lists Amir has produced even the bottom ranking garbage isn't as bad as you think it is. Therefore both parties are flawed at making a reasonable and logical decision without fully comprehending this.
Furthermore, if you dont even know what measurements the products you owned are you clearly cant make a rational decision. You must listen to the worst and the best to have a foundation. Even better, be able to literally listen to both at the same time to get a real conclusion whether it is blind or not. Plus, if you go from somethings which are in the 70 80 db range to flawless it's even harder to distinguish the difference
I am one of those people who by accident experienced this. I have an extremely well measuring system, 66% of it came from Amir's reviews and it is amazing objectively and subjectively to my ears. Yet on the other hand I own something that is probably the bottom 3, not top 3, of worst measuring components and it is not as bad as you would expect.
So if you get anything that has double the measurements of that junk I own, for example something with 70 dB sinad. It will sound good to you
I want to be very clear, I absolutely do not mean that the worst measuring products sound better than the best. However, it would be bring me great joy for someone to actually quantify that difference and unfortunately as of now there is no way to get conclusive results.
I think a food anology would be something to help you understand this, whatever food it is you love. Remember the worst experience you have had with that meal and think about the best experience you have had. Everything in between those two experiences you wont complain about and yet you find yourself steady in that 50+% zone eating consistently.
Simply enjoy the music, you can endlessly debate this and get nowhere.
As long as you are happy that's all that matters, and your wallet isn't empty chasing a unicorn