radish;300243 Wrote: > Why does the fact that someone who drinks a lot of wine invalidate the > preference of someone who doesn't? What defines what is "better" in a > wine? Does "better" mean "preferred by some specific person"? The thing > with wine is that it's _all_ about preference, all that matters is that > the person drinking it likes it. You might think it tastes like > pigswill, and that's just fine. > > With audio on the other hand, there is at least one objective aim, > which is accuracy to the source material. Once you get into the > subjective (I _prefer_ the sound of this amp) then science goes out the > window, and frankly, it's not worth talking about as everyone's > preference is their own. > > And that's ignoring the fact that the vast majority of DBT testing of > audio gear is about deciding whether there's a difference at all, not > whether there's a preference. If the wine people all agree that the > wine tastes different, they just don't agree on which is "best" I'd say > you're right back into the subjective - which isn't where most arguments > on this forum tend to lie.
Basically I agree. The challenge is...how do we assess accuracy to the source? Since we all hear the source differently, we all have a different baseline. The only way to do this meaningfully is to have the real source in the room, and compare it with a recording of it. Even though we all hear the recording and the source differently, at least we can indvidually do an "apples to apples" comparison. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber & Chord cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47395 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
