Robert Morein wrote:

(snips)

None of the above should be construed to be an endorsement, in any way, of
anything Arny Krueger or Howard Ferstler have said or believe.

Actually, some of what you said makes sense.

Arny believes
that PA amplifiers are the "final solution".

I rather doubt this, and I also rather doubt that you really
believe what you wrote.

This "dumbing down" of audio,
by men with defective hearing, is a tragic sideshow.

This is a typically preposterous statement. The tweako
response to an objective approach is that the objective
individual has defective hearing. Heck, it is that objective
individual who trusts his ears enough to favor DBT
comparisons. On the other hand, the golden-ear types are so
unsure of their hearing that they dare not chance a DBT. If
they do give it a try and "flunk," the test is blamed.

Although I do not agree
with tube lovers, I do believe that the limits and variations of audio
reproduction are subtle and still distant from complete characterization.

In that case, the only alternatives are DBT comparisons
which will settle the issue.

Howard Ferstler