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Great discussion - and I hope you don't mind my jumping in

genungo - I think I see where you're coming from with your "informed subjectivity" phrase. Scott is of course correct that there is no "one sound" even at a live performance - a lot of it just depends on where we're sitting. With a recording, we're even more in the dark as far as knowing what the "original sound" is like, especially since listeners don't normally sit where the microphones are placed!

Therefore, since we can't actually KNOW what the sound is like at the microphone positions, we do something else to determine accuracy: we use the whole history of our listening experience (e.g., what did this bassoon sound like? what did this other bassoon sound like? what does it sound like at this distance? what does it sound like at this other distance?, etc.) to construct an ABSTRACT idea of what a certain instrument or combination of instruments, at a certain distance, in a certain type of hall, etc. SHOULD sound like

Basically, when we listen to a recording, we're GUESSING what the original sound was like at the microphone locations. And depending on their innate skill and ability to learn from experience (i.e., the "informed" aspect), some listeners can make much better guesses and judgements than others can - although the only guesses and judgements that should count for any particular listener are his/her own! It's all so paradoxical! ;-)

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