Another hint that this industry has not yet matured when it comes to meaningful measurements / specifications. It can’t all be down to smoke & mirrors and what Mr.Important recommends.

Because of the personal HRTF?

Yes, specific specifications are a good thing but they must be kept top secret.

Yes - maybe its who you know thats important here!

you're quickly becoming boring

That almost seems to assume there was a time he wasn't boring.

I am having trouble thinking what would be beneficial to be laser trimmed in a finished product, let alone how you would go about doing it or determining what values would be most ideal. Sure, laser trimming is extremely useful when building a component, especially in ICs, but are you really going to do something like buy a prebuilt DAC, remove the top of the chips, and trim the ladders for greater precision? At that level of reverse engineering, just build your own gear.

It does not have to be a "finished product" or laser trimmed. My questions are very open-ended with some ideas / examples of my experience thrown in.

It does not have to be a "finished product" or laser trimmed. My questions are very open-ended with some ideas / examples of my experience thrown in.

Thus my answer will also be very open ended, with some ideas/examples of my experience thrown in......

People hear what they want to hear. No amount of scientific testing is going to tell them otherwise. This is both a very good thing, and a very bad thing, depending on your perspective.

You might as well try nailing jelly to a tree.

Thanks Beefy. Thats a very poor state of affairs, and I have no reason to doubt you. I'm going to try and not bore you guys anymore but please reply / pm me with anything that could help. If a high-end audio product I produce takes off I will remember those who helped .