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Do you ever
Posted by E-Stat on November 29, 2020 at 05:25:53:
evaluate audio gear by listening to high quality recordings?
I find that approach provides far more insight to understanding how a DUT fares reproducing live, unamplified music than simplistic numerically based tests. It's easy to score well on THD based tests-just dial in boatloads of corrective feedback! Which to these ears results in compromised real world performance.
Years ago, there was a jerk here (since banned) who referenced a distortion perception test he referred to as "audiophile repellent". He posted his results and assumed no one would accept his challenge. I bettered his ability using the headphone output of a basic laptop and modest Shute IEMs. The THD threshold was in the several percent range IIRC.
Boring recording. Boring test. Been there, done that. Wasted time.
edit: I located that post here. -36 db relates to 2.5%.