If anyone in the tech sphere needs convincing that all audiophile claims that claim to defy objective measurement are bullshit, this ought to do it. Anyone with

If anyone in the tech sphere needs convincing that all audiophile claims that claim to defy objective measurement are bullshit, this ought to do it. Anyone with half a clue about computers will understand that SATA cables cannot possibly make a difference, yet many people are convinced by things like this. And if you can be convinced by this, you can be convinced by things that sound far more plausible. Therefore it should be clear that people's subjective experience of sound quality is dominated by expectations. The placebo effect overwhelms our ability to judge sound quality with our ears. Of course, once you realise that all sound recording is by definition the measurement of sound waves it should be obvious and incontrovertible that all aspects of sound reproduction are entirely susceptible to objective measurement.