I use the ideas based in this essay http://www.enjoythemusic.com/magazin.../audiohell.htm when it comes to the evaluation of being accurate to the recording from a listening perspective. Live references change from the venue to the seated position and I use this article http://www.dagogo.com/View-Article.asp?hArticle=398 to remind me of some of the artifices that audiophiles emphasize that are not emphasized with live music.

The measurements no longer interest me beyond a "That's interesting" level. The don't influence, any more as they did at one time, my buying habits. Unfortunately there are some poor measuring gear (out of what is measured anyway) that sound considerably better than some rather terrific measuring stuff.

But there are certain correlations that some have made through various testing - depends how much faith you put into the incomplete testing and corporate run "science."