You are simply missing the forest for the trees.
Any opinion, Any statement backed up by data has inherently more value than either mere conjecture or anecdote.
I find there are more objective people with actual data to backup their viewpoint than I find with subjective people.
It's why I don't go for Homeopathy.
Ok, that's an answer I can understand
Your example is very specific to a seeming fraud being perpetrated & one for which a measured differences was found that explained the fraud. I wonder how many subjectivists tried the HDMI cables & found no audible difference?
The opposite is usually the normal case - the objectivist uses lack of a positive blind test &/or measurements which show no difference as the two strands of "evidence" to support their viewpoint/opinion. As I stated to Keith, both of these are not prime facie evidence but are often treated as such - the quality of blind tests are highly variable - the scope of measurements seen on forums tend to be very limited & often reflect a simplistic approach to what to measure & a lack of understanding or interest in auditory perception. Just because something is perceived as bright does not necessarily mean that there is a raised HF - just because someone says "I put my ear to the speaker with the vol up full & hear no noise" doesn't mean that they have a noise free system. More & more systems are being perceived as having a more 3D/solid soundstage, more realism, more connectivity to the performance, more fluidity to the sound, etc - none of these translate to simplistic measurement approaches & hence are usually denigrated by objectivists.
What we end up with is a very self-referential logic being used by objectivists - if it doesn't show up in their limited measurements, it therefore couldn't possibly exist.
I find disingenuous the claim you make for objectivists being "nothing more than a subjectivist not afraid to explore what they heard". In my experience, the forum objs I have witnessed are very limited in what & where & how they will explore, not the intrepid explorers you try to make out - in fact fear of ridicule & losing face are actually their strongest motives & not exploration as you maintain.