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In Reply to: RE: OK, first let us define "accuracy" . . . posted by caspian@peak.org on October 18, 2009 at 19:18:14
>>"Accuracy is either "accurate" or it is not accurate. 2+2=4 and 4 is
>>the ONLY correct answer. It is either 4 or it is an innacurate answer."
>
>Unfortunately, outside the realm of simple arithmetic, there are
>few "only" correct answers in the universe. In the real world (of, say,
>capacitor or resistor tolerances), you might have to settle for 3.997 as
>being RELATIVELY closer to perfect than 3.826...
Excellent post, Caspian. It is even worse than you describe, however, as
the performance of an audio component is _multi_dimensional. Any
particular component will depart from true accuracy to a different degree
on all of the possible axes, and will also be different from any other
component on every one of theose axes. A straight one-dimensional score,
as is being discussed, is both arbitrary and misleading. This is why we
insists that readers of Stereophile's "Recommended Components" listing
read the original review of a component to get the full picture.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
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