Of $90,000 turntables, Stradivarius violins, red wine, and blindfolds
On Saturday, April 19, 2014 9:21:12 AM UTC-7, news wrote:
Scott wrote:
On Wednesday, April 16, 2014 10:39:04 AM UTC-7, news wrote:
The subjectivist audio press comes out with endless prose and poetry
about
what they hear in the latest products, but it is totally meaningless
if it
is done under sighted conditions.
No, it is not "totally" meaningless. yes it is flavored with sighted
bias. But honestly so are your personal perceptions of your own
stereo. Does that make your perceptions meaningless? You have talked
about those perceptions at length and have come up with some very
unconventional beliefs on stereo playback based on those perceptions.
Not totally unconventional.
I didn't say totally unconventional though did I?
There are a few others who have observed the
same, such as Linkwitz, Moulton, Davis, maybe include Toole if you consider
his reports on the prefernce for a wide, smooth response to indicate
something about radiation pattern.
While I disagree with many things Floyd Toole and company assert about speaker design I don't think his ideas are at all in line with yours.
But all of that is why I, too, must compare my new speakers against some
conventional ones in a blind study.
But you haven't. That was my point. Perceptions, even under sighted conditions are not "totally meaningless." You find meaning in your own sighted perceptions.
I do wish I knew which Scott you are, so that I know what body of discourse
we are referring to when you mention that you have read my material before.
There are only two Scotts that regularly post here. I go by Scott. The other Scott goes by ScottW. He always has.
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