But explain this contradiction in Stereophile.

They provide eloquent subjective appraisals of equipment including
lots of words on the "sound" of the equipment.

They also provide detailed test measurements.

Sometimes the two don't fully concur with one another. Why?

ScottW







Interesting question. Could it be that in some cases the measured performance
doesn't really say much about the subjective peformance? Maybe in some cases
there were other influences including component synergy. Maybe in some cases
the reviewer was just off the mark.