My definition of "warm" has changed.

[Feanor]

I wish I had that trait in me. When a someone makes a claim - my amp sounds good, our product sounds good/better, I want to know why. I like to know the reason behind it, I believe if the benefit is real, the inventor/designer knew full well what they were doing, or could at least isolated it after stumbling upon it. It can be repeated, reproduced.

If not, and the guy making the claim can't explain why it's good, I put less validity into it. Given a choice, I'll take good experience with an explanation over just a good experience.
I'm anal that way.

I'm with you there, Kex. There has to be some plausible explanation for me to even consider a thing. And there has to be subsantiable evidence before I begin to believe it.

There are plenty of otherwise intelligent peoplie will testify for the efficacy of products such as the Intelligent Chip from Audio Dynamica. A case of "bull**** baffles brains"? But I remain really skeptical. Let's not forget that people have a huge capacity for deception and self-deception.