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In Reply to: Re: It has to be subjective when it comes to auditioning speakers, posted by Dave Kingsland on February 23, 2007 at 10:10:28:
Or endless tail-chasing, at least. [BTW, I'm not saying you are leading us there, just that audiophiles who actually operate in the manner you describe are in for a long haul, with much disappointment.]"each individual preferring speakers which, on average, make the set of recordings sound more like their preferred concert hall sound."
Okay. Let's say that a person prefers a mid-hall sound. This individual chooses a speaker that gives him a mid-hall sound. But wait; this speaker will add a mid-hall sound to all recordings. An up-front recording will get a mid-hall sound. A mid-hall recording will have a back-of-the-hall sound. And a Nimbus-like back-of-the-hall recording will sound like--what? An orchestra in the next town?
So the speaker that gives him that mid-hall sound will only sound right to him on a small percentage of recordings--ironically, recordings he would not choose if he had more accurate speakers.
Substitute any loudspeaker parameter you like: tone, imaging, whatever. Same deal. (Except for dynamic range. It's impossible for speakers to create more dynamic range than the signal fed them.)
Now what? As you note, none of us were at the recording session and, in fact, it wouldn't matter if we were. We hear with ears and brains, but the recording was made with mikes, mike preamps, cables, mixing boards, and recording devices--how do they sound? Dunno!
It seems to me that the best we can hope for is a speaker--or anything else for that matter--that is accurate to the recording, not the "absolute" whatever. Up-front recordings sound up-front, mid-hall recordings sound mid-hall, and Nimbus recordings sound like Nimbus recordings. ;-)
The loudspeaker (or whatever) that reveals the differences between these recordings to the greatest degree will be the most accurate to the recording. And will probably deliver the greatest satisfaction over a wide range of recordings.
Now, if we could only find some good recordings . . . ;-)
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Follow Ups
- This is the road to perdition! ;-) - markrohr 12:26:33 02/23/07 (3)
- Re: This is the road to perdition! ;-) - Dave Kingsland 13:54:17 02/23/07 (2)
- Thanks, Dave - markrohr 06:37:40 02/24/07 (1)
- Thank you also - Dave Kingsland 19:19:34 02/27/07 (0)
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