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In Reply to: Guess you didn't read my post posted by Sordidman on June 29, 2010 at 15:37:53:
...and I answered it. "Of course you have to begin with the source." Did this not concede that sources will vary to you? Of course if you had the access and resources, you could measure the recording on the system upon which it was mastered, compare that against the output of the source and its transparency would be as demonstrable as any other electronic component in the signal chain.
"The SOURCES are so different that you'll get two different sets of measurements coming out of your very "accurate" pre-amp."
Duh. What defines the accuracy or transparency of the components in the chain after the source is their ability to leave the source unaltered. Of course they'll measure differently with different sources. That's like saying all measurement is meaningless because the numbers change when you change recordings.
"No, an objective fact can be proven: the earth revolves around the sun is an objective fact."
Cool. Prove to me that the earth revolves around the sun.
"The very act of listening by definition eliminates objectivity."
The very act of listening for subjective judgement eliminates objectivity. The act of conducting blind, rigorously controlled AB/X listening tests through enough trials to reach a statistically significant sample yields pretty objective results. Proof? I guess that depends on what you call proof, and I know it is very popular not to believe in such tests in audiophile circles. But done properly, it will give you as much solid data as you're likely to come up with to support that earth revolving around the sun thing. We can argue about this all night and neither of us will yield. May as well agree to disagree.
P
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Follow Ups
- Actually, I did... - Phelonious Ponk 16:16:45 06/29/10 (5)
- RE: Actually, I did... - Sordidman 17:02:01 06/29/10 (4)
- RE: Actually, I did... - Phelonious Ponk 17:44:39 06/29/10 (3)
- sadly: vagaries are all we have -t - Sordidman 18:06:01 06/29/10 (2)
- Well, they're all you have - NT - Phelonious Ponk 05:08:18 06/30/10 (1)
- No correspondance hearing is fallable, and a moving target -t - Sordidman 10:14:20 07/01/10 (0)
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