Critic's Corner

Ones room is the b�te noire of audio. I can think of nothing else where the location can so affects ones impressions.

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In Reply to: More on the listening room as an evaluation tool posted by Charles Hansen on January 17, 2007 at 20:19:17:

One can enjoy wine, televisions, cars, sailboats, etc. the same in different locations. Context doesn't matter much. I grant that it is hard to demonstrate cars and sailboats at shows but reviews have greater verisimilitude. We have managed to get along in this circumstance for many years, but there is a major problem. I think many need to realize the limitations we have in conveying what we prefer and what it sounds like in our rooms. The number of people whose ears and comments I trust gets smaller each year.

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Yet, any problem in the source (digi-edge, say) is quite audible anywhere in the room. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:58:03 01/21/07 (0)
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I'm not sure about wine - Metralla 08:28:30 01/21/07 (3)
One's environment can make a huge difference to the enjoyment a good wine offers.
And there's another mind altering substance that was quite popular in the '60s and '70s, the experience of which had a HUGE dependence on one's surroundings. But you may not know what I'm talking about.

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Geoff
- The only problem with that other stuff - Bruce Kendall 12:19:00 01/21/07 (0)
  was that it tasted like paper.
- Yes, at Hair. Still I think an accurately rated wine is good even with a typical supper. nt - Norm 11:05:29 01/21/07 (0)
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- Indeed. Why, the very *glass* it's drunk from affects the perception. nt - clarkjohnsen 11:00:10 01/21/07 (0)
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