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In Reply to: RE: Yes but some devices are a lot more linear than others posted by hahax@verizon.net on May 21, 2025 at 22:16:20:
We know (or at least I do as I read Stereophile for a few years) that measurements and subjective response may not correlate. And that is fine if a bit perplexing and my interest is that gap. The guy who said 'if something measures well and sounds poor you are measuring the wrong thing' deserved a knee in the groin for not finding out what those things are. You suggest that you know so please tell.
I've never read TAS and Gordon Holt pre-dated my Stereophile readership (my money was on the erudite Englishman). Perhaps they started their magazines to make a living listening to records? I'd take that job though if you started to hate your work you'd have nothing to escape it (perhaps do a little accounting on the side?). Distortion testing tells you how much fidelity the output has to the input so it does seem an odd thing to say that 'high fidelity' can be wrong? Is there some quintessential element that is immeasurable that is passed on only by select components or do they add something pleasant? It would be nice to know the answer. Maybe some people do but keep it a trade secret and, if so, maybe it should remain a secret otherwise good sound will become commoditized and there would be nothing to post about.
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- Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 23:38:20 05/21/25 (20)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - Ralph 11:14:00 05/22/25 (15)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - PaulF70 08:38:25 06/01/25 (2)
- Totally agree! - Ralph 08:24:29 06/02/25 (0)
- Distortion vs power - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 11:54:51 06/01/25 (0)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 18:11:01 05/23/25 (11)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - Ralph 10:46:12 05/27/25 (9)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - morricab 12:32:27 06/01/25 (1)
- Correct. - Ralph 08:22:36 06/02/25 (0)
- Pedantically, our ears use the pressure of the sound to sense the sound pressure - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 16:54:56 05/29/25 (6)
- Its easy to show that higher ordered harmonics are what the ear uses - Ralph 08:26:40 05/30/25 (5)
- RE: Its easy to show that higher ordered harmonics are what the ear uses - morricab 12:36:12 06/01/25 (2)
- :) so which is it? - Ralph 08:21:22 06/02/25 (1)
- RE: :) so which is it? - morricab 07:50:41 06/05/25 (0)
- I retain my title as Most Pedantic Inmate - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 19:28:47 05/31/25 (1)
- RE: I retain my title as Most Pedantic Inmate :) - Ralph 08:57:38 06/02/25 (0)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - morricab 10:05:15 05/26/25 (0)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - morricab 06:14:16 05/22/25 (3)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - PaulF70 08:25:03 05/24/25 (2)
- chaotic behavior - Ralph 07:55:21 06/03/25 (0)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 15:25:22 05/25/25 (0)