[C. Leeds]

wrote:

This started when one poster said we are at an impasse with all opinions
on an equal footing.

Please provide a quote and attribution for this claim of an "impasse."
It appears you are paraphrasing and misrepresenting what this unnamed
poster said.

I hastened to mention that we can move beyond
individual opinion...

Don't be silly. Some opinions are matters of simple preference. There is
no need to "move beyond."

This has been done and done so by using the processes of science. If the
subjective folk then want to be on an equal footing then they should be
prepared to present same in support of their claims beyond what little
opinion has to offer. This would be evidence independent of individual
opinion.

Again: "subjective folk" in this group need not present scientific
documentation of any opinion or preference, your demands notwithstanding.


If science is a familiar topic then for subjective folk doing it should
pose no problem.

Again, "subjective folk" need not conduct scientifically valid
experiments simply to satisfy you. (As an aside, conducting a valid
listening test is not as simple as it might appear, and certainly not as
simple as you suggest here.)

it is proper to ask
that individual independent evidence be shown...

This newsgroup is governed by charter. It is not for you to unilaterally
declare what is "proper."