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In Reply to: RE: Would you .... posted by fstein on November 11, 2015 at 14:54:15
I was really pleased with my analogy so I don't agree. But, yours does remind me of audio reviewers who after regurgitating enough manufacturer copy think they they've become technical experts.
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Further down the discussion, we DO have a quote from a technical expert:
"Richard Heyser, JPL scientist and engineer extraordinaire made the following observation in an article in Audio Magazine :
" I claim that it should be possible to measure audio systems and have those measurements correlate with what we hear out of those systems. We are not doing that now. Our measurements are more precise than ever, but our understanding of what those measurements mean to the way a system "sounds" is still hazy.I further assert that we are locked into that dilemma because we do not truly understand the meaning of those technical concepts which we now use. I don't think I can be more blunt about the matter."
To simplify the analogy: We can perform a whole series of measurements on 2 different glasses of wine to as many decimal points as we wish, complete with graphs and powerpoint display, giving us the illusion of being "scientific", but these cannot distinguish the plonk from the fine bordeaux.
Again, the question of surrogate endpoints.
link below
My point exactly
What a sad situation high end audio must be in that a nearly 30yo article describing difficulties of the design process is still cited as support for what's understood to be current practice.
yes, it is pathetic
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