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
I think that there is some subjectivity in how we see and hear the world. In other words, some speakers or cameras might appeal to one person but sound or look different to someone else. Eye tests will confirm that people see colors in different shades and intensities or not at all. Hearing test confirm that most of us modulate sound differently or can't hear certain frequency of sound. It follow that, a given speaker will not appeal to all even if it has theoretically perfect lab measurements. If speaker design was so cut and dry that all variables could be laid out on a spreadsheet there would be no need to conduct listening tests and they could be just put on the assembly line and produced like hotcakes. -- rajacat ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rajacat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4156 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
