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And now for something completely different........

Posted by kenster (A) on February 25, 2007 at 21:48:42

........most of us know how powerful the sense of smell can be.

Smelling certain aroma's can trigger strong childhood memories of say your grandmothers house, a favorite dish grandma used to make or just trigger memories of childhood.

I surmise the same thing could be said about music. Rememeber the sense of "discovery" that was overwhelming when hearing a now cherished song for the first time?

It certainly brings back floods of memories from school days for me and along with it, growing up in general, BUT could it be that the more accurate a systems portrayal of the "musical message" so to speak, the stronger the connection/memory?

Alot of people proselytize about speakers being "time coherent" or having superior group time delay charactertistics BUT we seldom divert our attention as to how those attributes translate into a more "pleasurable" listening experience.

I for one am NOT convinced that time coherency in a speaker is of utmost importance BUT I will suggest that proper dispersion of all the drivers, as to how they sum off axis and to driver distortion charactersitics, play a bigger role in "suspending disbelief" in having those memories flood back and may I humbly suggest that is all we as audiophiles are seeking?

Questions, comments, concerns and even rebuttals' are encouraged.

Cheers,

~kenster

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