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Re: Well maybe...

You raise some interesting points, but either I didn't make myself very clear, or we'll just have to agree to disagree. ;)

In response:

"The vibrato would not be more or less prominent because of the equipment used for playback."

Vibrato is a controlled (hopefully) variation in pitch and/or loudness in a sustained tone of an instrument or voice. It would seem that more accurate equipment might do a better job of getting the overtone series closer to correct and therefore portraying the pitch fluctuation accurately, and gear with better micro-dynamics would better portray the subtle loudness variations. So my analogy was intended to mean: If we say a piece of gear has better "PRaT" because it conveys the rhythmic elements of the recorded performance better, then we might as well say a piece of gear has better "VIBES" because it does a better job of conveying pitch and micro-dynamics.

Now, if we are talking about perceptions, then shouldn't we say that the LISTENER has better PRaT? As a listener, I seem to have the best PRaT after one beer. After three, my PRaT rapidly declines.

The original post asked why the acronym should apply to "equipment” instead of the music. In my humble opinion, it should not.

I think the fact that this thread has generated so many responses speaks to the vagueness of the term PRaT. It means so many different things to different people, that its use becomes problematic… again, in my opinion, one of which everyone has.

My 2 cents,

Sam



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