>"Fidelity" is an objective term. It
>means faithfulness. Which means
>that the what you hear is as close to
>the original as possible. It is true or
>"faithful" to it.
Me being on the digest, this may've already been addressed, but just to
continue in the hair-splitting vein:
Some people striving for hi-fi are attempting to reproduce exactly what the
recording engineer hears on his monitors in the studio.
Some people are attempting to reproduce the live event. Which is subtley
different, and begs the flippant question - which seat? - because the
listening environment overwhelms all else.
Some people are trying to create the sound that pleases them most in their
environment, a moderate and perhaps sensible approach given that none of us
live in anechoic chambers.
But it gets very muddy in a world of electronic or processed music. What is
the original sound? There is no original acoustic environment for some of
this stuff, borne solely of electronics.
You can choose the flattest full range speakers possible, but you're still
hearing mainly your room. All good fun until someone loses an eye.
Time to whip out the Sennheiser phones?
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