These men (and they are all men) have very little interest in music. These folks have ”analysis paralysis” and accomplish very little.
Time wasted concentrating on tests is time not spent learning useful aspects of music and certainly time that could have been better spent actually listening. They are interested solely in equipment for its own sake. Most seem to come from technical avocations, like engineering, computers and sciences. These people worry so much about trying to put numerical ratings on things that they are completely oblivious to the fact that test charts have nothing to do with the spirit of music. These people are easy to identify, they always have lots of info about equipment, but very few really enjoy music.
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