CardinalFang;142449 Wrote: > I love music, that's where the emotion is, not in the boxes that sit at > the other end of the room. I don't want to measure the music, but I do > want to know that my stereo is an accurate reproducer of that music and > does not add to or subtract from it in any way. > > Deviation from accurate reproduction can be measured. Listening tests > are really just confirmation of a design or a substitute for more > careful measurements. If a resistor sounds better in a audioo chain for > some reason, then there will be a measurable reason why. Audio is a > highly complex set of interactions, but design the test rig correctly > and you will be able to measure it. We wouldn't get much science done > if we followed the same lines of thought as sometimes gets voiced by > professional reviewers. I remember when reviews were accompanied by > actual measurements and they backed up what was heard. > > We wouldn't apply this to any other field of engineering to do with our > senses, why audio? I don't read about cameras having immeasurable or > mystical properties and they convey just as much information and > emotion. > > Paul
This reminds me of when Bose sued Consumer Reports when they first introduced thier reflecting speaker technology a while back. CR had done thier testing in an anechoic chamber, and as a result reviewed the speakers very poorly. (Now, say what you will about Bose, I know they're not very popular with the Audiophile crowd..) Bose sued CR because the testing conditions weren't valid ... you can't test a speaker that RELIES on reflections in an anechoic chamber. I don't remember the outcome of the suit, but this does prove one point. If the test conditions aren't appropriate, all the fancy measurements you can make don't mean diddly. To that same end, it's pretty easy to set up a test that makes your mod or whatever look better by carefully crafting the testing conditions. -- jeffluckett ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffluckett's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28080 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
