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In Reply to: RE: OOOkayyyyy...Why DOOOOO the 'hum-y' circuits seem to work better? posted by FenderLover on June 16, 2015 at 09:36:26
Good thinking !! Trust your ears.
Jeff
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cannot tolerate hum that is audible at the listening position, then it is equally valid to say that hum must be eliminated. The subjective world has infinite degrees of freedom.
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and that is as it should be ....
"The subjective world has infinite degrees of freedom."
Good point.
Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
Yep, trust your ears (and brain) for identifying what YOU like... that is different to what is Truth, or absolute best.
Regards,
91
Everyone has their own set of preferences but just because someone likes the sound of a system doesn't mean that that system is good.A lot of people like the sound of cheap Japanese receivers and Bose 901 speakers.
Lynn Olson dismisses the idea of "accuracy" but then says,
"Having described audio systems as a special class of Illusion Engine (like THC, psylocybin, ethyl alcohol, Vision Quest, etc), there's one group for whom the word "accuracy" actually conveys meaning: recording and broadcast organizations with ready access to professional musicians. For the last 30 years, BBC monitor speakers have been subjectively assessed by rapidly walking between the control booth and the performing hall. The short trip is a quick reality check, and the BBC and other national broadcasting organizations command the resources to have both large groups of professional musicians and the engineering talent to design high-quality monitoring loudspeakers. "
In my mind a system is either doing a good job in the above context or it's not....preferences be damned.
Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
Edits: 06/18/15
Yep, and they did not design for flat frequency response... IIRC, the "BBC Dip".
The thing is, we all listen differently to music, whether live or reproduced. Whilst different people's goals may be objective, of sorts, the methods are not... This is most obvious when discussing the external validity (outcomes in practice) of approaches... and surely it is the external validity that must be the final "objective"?
Yeah, more questions than answers and all that. Okay, okay - back on topic.
Regards,
91.
mt
What IS subjective is personal taste in sonics. Let's not confuse the two. Some people want their music to sound like crap, so they build amplifiers that hum.
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Buy Chinese. Bury freedom.
A lot people think this hobby is 100% subjective. I think that is a determent to the hobby.
To me the goal is objective. The rub comes when we have to use our subjective senses to determine if we are meeting the objective goal.
It takes a trained ear. Not all opinions are equal.
Tre'
Have Fun and Enjoy the Music
"Still Working the Problem"
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