In Reply to: "faithful" is a terribly subjective, undefined term posted by Sordidman on June 29, 2010 at 11:17:06:
"You would rather own a system that encompasses your version of accuracy instead of someone's version of beauty: that's great for you. But please don't try to say that your vague and undefined version of accuracy is "better" or "objective" (as it's quite subjective), than someone elses."
Let's just say we are using words like transparency and faithful very differently. I'm talking about a signal exiting the component that is measurably unchanged from the one entering it. And I understand that measurement is imperfect, but I know it is still useful, because my ears tell me so. I can add a component to my signal chain that measures very well and the effect it has is extremely subtle, if audible at all. By contrast, I have put other components, the designs of which are known to color the sound, are even intended to color the sound (Often these components are not measured; their designers and proponents don't believe in measurement, imagine that) and the effect IS audible.
Whether or not you like that color is another question, of course. But transparency can be measured and it can be heard. It's not an effect. It is the lack of one.
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Follow Ups
- RE: "faithful" is a terribly subjective, undefined term - Phelonious Ponk 11:37:19 06/29/10 (14)
- GAMUT CD players - Sordidman 12:27:07 06/29/10 (13)
- RE: GAMUT CD players - Tony Lauck 15:01:15 06/29/10 (4)
- Can you define the "standard?" - Sordidman 15:20:30 06/29/10 (3)
- RE: Can you define the "standard?" - Tony Lauck 15:28:29 06/29/10 (2)
- The GamuT design (at least the CD-1 that I use) - E-Stat 17:33:05 06/29/10 (0)
- If you want to listen to 2 discs - Sordidman 15:46:18 06/29/10 (0)
- RE: GAMUT CD players - Phelonious Ponk 14:42:27 06/29/10 (7)
- Guess you didn't read my post - Sordidman 15:37:53 06/29/10 (6)
- Actually, I did... - Phelonious Ponk 16:16:45 06/29/10 (5)
- RE: Actually, I did... - Sordidman 17:02:01 06/29/10 (4)
- RE: Actually, I did... - Phelonious Ponk 17:44:39 06/29/10 (3)
- sadly: vagaries are all we have -t - Sordidman 18:06:01 06/29/10 (2)
- Well, they're all you have - NT - Phelonious Ponk 05:08:18 06/30/10 (1)
- No correspondance hearing is fallable, and a moving target -t - Sordidman 10:14:20 07/01/10 (0)