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In Reply to: RE: Until everyone agrees on what an objective value is posted by kerr on June 30, 2010 at 05:29:09
"I'm with you. Unfortunately, when those comments are used, the replies are usually of the "You simply love the sound of distortion and prefer colored, inaccurate components" or something to that effect. "
Yes, an unconstructive response, and one I've used more than once, I'm afraid. Unfortunately it is often the correct answer, even though "enjoy the music" works much better. If someone loves their out-dated technology, there is really no talking them out of it and no point in trying.
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> Unfortunately it is often the correct answer, <
That's the whole point; no one knows if it's truly correct at the same time they're using it.
> If someone loves their out-dated technology, there is really no talking them out of it and no point in trying. <
True. And if someone loves their new-and-not-improved technology, the same goes. Again, the problem is the frame of reference i.e the subjectivity of it all. The bottom line is that whatever sounds the most "real" or "accurate" or "lifelike" to the listener is what IS the most lifelike. Unfortunately, chasing accuracy to music means I would have had to be there when it was recorded. Aside from a couple of occasions, I haven't had that pleasure. In the end, it's all subjective.
Even in its heyday as something similar to a science, back when reviewers who used measurement instruments were considered valuable contributors to the hobby, not fringe fanatics, hifi didn't chase the accuracy you're talking about. Studio monitoring systems don't even chase that accuracy directly. Microphones don't hear the way people do, so it is compromised before it even gets to the monitoring system. The accuracy you CAN chase, however, is fidelity to the source (high fidelity ring a bell? Not the excellent John Cusack movie...). That's a goal well worth chasing, a goal we'll have to count on the pros to pursue, because audiophiles, their vendors and their press have mostly abandoned it to subjectivism.
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> That's a goal well worth chasing, a goal we'll have to count on the pros to pursue <
Unfortunately, they'll never know when and if they get there. It'll simply be yet another belief system. Best of luck to the pros.
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