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Originally Posted by Ethan Winer 
This is where we part views because I firmly believe that measuring trumps hearing every time.
--Ethan
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Our ears are much more fine tuned than any measuring device that is run into a computer Ethan. There can be so many flaws along the way...imperfect microphone response, imperfect cable, imperfect preamp, imperfect converters (both AD and DA). Not to mention the whole subject of physcoacoustics as Andre was bringing up...
Getting back to what Frank was originally saying...
If 10/10 or even 8/10 TRAINED ears can hear a difference between wood and concrete, then there must be one. To not agree with this statement is insulting to those people who have spent their lives in this field and have so much experience. You are calling them liars...
And for the love of pete, PLEASE stop bringing up your power cord analogy. I feel like I'm listening to a broken record. I would bet you money that these people are not the same people that we are referring to as "TRAINED" Listeners who have experience in the professional audio field such as recording engineers. Audiophiles are not the same thing.
Ethan, remember that I am mostly AGREEING with you on this topic - For a small home studio (as in this case), money is most likely better spent on other things. A cement and a wood floor will both reflect...true! and so is it worth the few thousand dollars to switch a cement floor to a wood one? Well that is totally dependent on budget. If this guy has tons of cash to spend, then why not? If he is on a tight budget, I would have to say it is probably not worth it to switch the floor as I'm sure you would have reached/pasted the point of diminishing returns.
That being said, please don't be so ignorant to ignore the fact that a wood floor and a cement floor will not reflect exactly the same.
Our brains are so much more complex than any computer system and I truly believe that human experience is not worthless.
Computers haven't replaced us yet Ethan
-Spencer