Absolutely 100%! I can't help feeling that most of the subjectivist moaners simply don't understand how science works. Scientists want to find ways to break current theories, because that means we get to create new ones. If you're a physicist, then discovering a phenomenon that truly broke General Relativity would be the highlight of your career, and physicists have dedicated their entire lives to finding such a thing.
But science demands a very high standard of truth, one which is seemingly far beyond the reach of the average audio pundit.
100%.
As it stands now, unless you’ve done the testing yourself you’re bound to two existences:
1.) You choose to believe all well measuring amps sound the same. You stick with your THX amp, while audiophiles bombard you with videos about how terrible it sounds and why the new discrete amp on the block sounds way better. Maybe they are right, you’re missing out on all of this interesting and amazing sounding gear.
2.) You choose to believe there are subtle audible differences between all amps. You spend hours listening and reading reviews of gear, you buy that new amp. Now another amp comes along, you’re intrigued. Time to upgrade. There’s still that voice in the back of your head that says, what if this is all a giant waste of time?