Aargh.

If you truly trusted your ears you would want only to do DBT. It's the only way of conducting a listening test, rather than a whole body experience test. Why do the self-proclaimed 'subjectivists' so often mix this up?

I think the definitions are wrong. I'm a pure subjectivist. I want to choose a hifi to please me, and that includes the nature of the CD drawer and the colour of the cables. But if you claim that your stands change the sound, or your wires are directional, then I don't think it's unreasonable to ask whether what you are claiming is real. And that can only be done with a listening test, that implies you don't know what you're listening to, and that the operator isn't tapping his foot at the right moments. Once you've proved you can hear a difference then a subjective preference can be expressed, and you can truly say you're trusting your ears.

Paul