To be honest for myself I listen to music a shit ton and have put a ton of resources into finding and getting music I like, but it’s also something I can’t figure out how to talk about lol. I have no idea how to really discuss or describe music so I just listen to it and don’t mention it much lol. I’d assume it’s the same for a few other people here. Not sure why I have no problems talking about things that reproduce music but can’t describe or talk about the music all that much myself, but at least that’s the way it is for me. It’s an equally important aspect of this hobby (some might say more than the gear lol, but I think 50/50 is a fine place to be)
For sure lol, for example for headphones it’s exploded since the 2000s, previously you had like perhaps 10 options that were worthwhile for better than consumer gear, now it’s just exploded as personal audio has gained so much dominance in the market (due to changes in overall society)
Which makes no sense anyways. IMO measurements are actually subjective most of the time given how they are used. Because you can have measurement data that you take (actually objective, let’s ignore measurement methodology for simplicity lol), but the moment you interpret that data and say higher sinad = better or whatever, you now have voiced a subjective opinion on objective data. IMO it really is just a waste to try and objectify a hobby that is almost purely subjective. Go try and objectify art while you are at it. Nothing wrong with trying to use objective data to explain what you are hearing, but there is a problem to use objective data to determine what you hear. Use measurements to back up your listening, not listening to back up your measurements if you have to bring it up
Yep