Matro5
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Embrace your biases. If you like something then you like it and the "why" doesn't matter.
I think this is the correct approach to hifi. If you like Schiit because its Made in the USA or its tubes glow or Jason seems like a good dude and it makes you like the product - and your music - more, who cares if you'd tell it apart in a double blind test?
I get why people don't want to be "ripped off" by someone selling something that doesn't make any discernible difference in a scientific study, but my benchmark is different - does it make me happy? Of course, feeling like I'm being deceived does *not* make me happy, so most of this nonsense gets filtered out easily.
But if a piece of gear puts a smile on my face for whatever reason, out comes the wallet.