First off, love the site. I have already wasted hours reading through everything.
Second, my apologies if this has been broached before elsewhere.
Have you guys considered doing some amplifier measurements?
I have always had issues discerning the difference between 2 well implemented amplifiers, most likely due to the low levels at which I tend to listen. Despite that, claims seem to abound about how much Amp A improves Headphone X over Amp B.
I was thinking that if this indeed true, shouldn't it be able to be measured? Is the problem that the difference might be audible to a listener but below the threshold of the standard error when measuring the headphone's response?
Anyways I would assume that with the same source and headphones, one could do a set of measurements with 2 different amplifiers and then compare the resultant frequency response, thd, etc. Maybe also do it at different volume levels.
What do you guys think? Am I missing something obvious?