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RE: Taste

Posted by David Aiken (A) on November 23, 2008 at 01:16:05

In Reply to: Taste posted by Jim Smith on November 23, 2008 at 00:24:14:

Jim,

Thanks for the comments and I agree about taste. I only asked the question about the proportions because I tried to buy the book and your website won't accept my Visa card and I don't want to set up a PayPal account. Is there any other way I can purchase a copy? I'm happy to send an International Money Order or the like. If I could have purchased the book I'd be reading my own copy rather than asking the question.

I've got the wider spacing of the speakers, with y greater than x, in my room because of room shape and layout. L-shaped rooms tend not to figure strongly when setup recommendations are given and in my case the room also has 2 open archway entrances that create 'traffic flow patterns' that also impose restrictions on where things can go. I tried the Audio Physic approach after reading Jonathan Scull's Fine Tune column articles about it and discovered that not only did it give good results in my room but also worked well with the shape of the room and the entrances. Every time I've had someone suggest an alternative I've always had some layout obstacle for trying the alternative while the person suggesting it has always said that they'd be prepared to live with the obstacle though, of course, that's the one thing they wouldn't have to do since they they go home to somewhere else at the end of the night.

"The point is that I want folks to realize that tuning for one aspect can cause another to suffer. And give them an idea how to move from favoring one aspect to the other. Based on their preferences, they'll have better info as to how to pick the best compromise."

I couldn't agree more. Every setup is a compromise. I think the best setup for an individual is the one that doesn't appear to be a compromise for them. It gives them the aspects they want and it puts the things it does less well in the areas where the individual's attention won't be drawn to them. The result is one in which what you get is engaging and involving in its own right and keeps you so interested that you rarely think to notice what you're not getting. When that is done well, the results can often satisfy people with quite different tastes giving them an experience they're happy to enjoy on its own merits even if it's not the experience they want to live with in their own home. I find there's always a lot to enjoy in a system when the owner has spent the time and effort necessary to get a result that they personally find very satisfying. I may not want that system myself and hear it nearly every day but I find myself looking forward to visiting for an evening session every now and then. Such systems often reveal something new to me in familiar music and I then find it easier to hear that facet of the music in my own system once I know that it is there in the music.




David Aiken

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