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Originally Posted by BWinmill
Enthusiasts who outright reject technical specifications are fanboys, not techies. Techies are people who want to know what goes into a device and how it works. A skilled techie will go further by using that information to modify the device to suit their needs.
I am not denying that user experience is an important part of the device. It's just that the specifications or benchmarking are the only objective ways to evaluate them. It lets you know the boundaries of the device's utility. The refresh rate of the screen tells you if it's good for video. The resolution of the screen tells you if it's good for text. CPU performance and RAM indicate the types of applications you can run. And so on. Anything less is arguing over personal preference. Yes, personal preference is okay. The problem is that varies from person to person, so there is really no way to figure out if a device will meet your needs unless you already know that the tastes of the review reflect your own.
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Go back and read the what post you were actually says.
My point is that Techies generally demand subjective testing because companies can lie on specs and because even a once reliable company can suddenly grow spotty quality control after a corporate sale or merger.
Techies have never had any overarching tendancy to rely on specs alone. If they had, Stereo shopps would have only spec sheets, not spec sheets and listening rooms.