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In Reply to: Many theories, no conclusions. posted by knewton on June 2, 2014 at 11:29:38:
I suppose that's true of most things in audio. Trying to prove that A is better than B is a difficult task when you can put 20 engineers in a room and say here is $20,000 build me what you think is the best sounding loudspeaker and you get 20 completely different products. ESL, Active, Ribbon, line array, open baffle, T-Line etc etc etc.
At some point virtually all of them (that bother to listen not just read graphs) will "make a call" on how the thing sounds and if the superior sound comes from something detrimental to the measured result then a decision is made. At Audio Note the decision is made on the sound. Many companies may make the decision based on a future soundstage or Stereophile review measurements and or which one makes them the most profit margin. Knowing that good measurements is the only way to get a class A designation = more sales they may opt for the better graph over what they actually hear.
I suppose we're left with blind level matched preference based tests. Stick 30 classically trained musicians in a room and see how many choose the NOS versus the "jitter to zero at all costs" units. But even this doesn;t prove much - if it is 16/14 or even 29/1 there is still the chance you'd agree with the 1.
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- RE: Many theories, no conclusions. - RGA 18:22:02 06/02/14 (3)
- RE: Many theories, no conclusions. - ahendler 19:02:46 06/02/14 (2)
- RE: Many theories, no conclusions. - Tony Lauck 20:34:59 06/02/14 (1)
- Listening to intent. - jusbe 22:47:24 06/02/14 (0)
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