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In Reply to: \\\I've come to the conclusion that the best we can do is strive for accuracy to the recording///............... posted by three_sox on February 25, 2006 at 19:36:23:
"But surely you are not so conceited as to be suggesting that any one else’s view, belief or understanding of the subject is wrong or invalid?"Just where on earth did you get that? To quote myself: "that doesn't bother me a bit, whatever floats your boat. . . " and "Luckily, audio gives us choices and folks will choose what pleases them."
Are you responding to what I said or what you think I said? You brought "right or wrong" into the discussion--I left the door open for anyone to do anything they like in audio and more power to them.
"IMHO if one doesn’t have the faintest idea of what the recording is “meant†to sound like then I fail to see how you can strive for something that is unknown. Unless of course you blindly accept that the recording is good and exactly how it “should†be?"
You are correct: You cannot know how the recording sounds. However, it's relatively easy to determine your system's accuracy to recordings in general just by listening.
The long version is below, but here's the short version. Since any coloration or other inaccuracy will overlay every recording you listen to, the system or DUT that reveals the most differences between recordings must, logically, be the most accurate. It's letting the most information through, and not putting it's own spin on every disc.
In other words, you listen to one DUT and it makes all recordings sound warm; you plug in a different DUT and it reveals some recordings to be warm, others threadbare, others just right. The latter is the more accurate, and more likely to give satisfaction in the long run. And all this without having a clue as to how a recording actually "sounds."
Now, calm down and have a nice read. As I said before--I thought quite clearly, but apparently not--you can have your audio any way you like. The fact remains, however, that even if you recorded yourself on known equipment in a known room, you can't know how the recording sounds. And as I ineptly explained (and the article does better), it doesn't matter.
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Follow Ups
- Re: \\\I've come to the conclusion that the best we can do is strive for accuracy to the recording///............... - markrohr 06:49:29 02/26/06 (3)
- \\\Just where on earth did you get that?///................ - three_sox 15:41:27 02/26/06 (2)
- Well, it's a moot point, anyway, - markrohr 14:20:43 02/27/06 (1)
- It is only a moot point in the context of how YOU make the point……… - three_sox 16:29:30 02/27/06 (0)
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