Powell wrote:


"Arny Krueger" wrote

Uh ? What are *microdynamics* ?

Something that is very important to Powell. Other than
that, it's pretty hard to get many coherent deeper thoughts
about audio out of Powell. He has a very, ummm
metaphysical view of audio technology.

Hehehe... yes, I resemble that remark.


and articulation of the human voice.

Powell only records himself speaking, from the best
I can determine.

The human voice, in general, is the most difficult
aspect of audio reproduction. Number one with a
bullet in my musical preference.

I was listening to 3 A.M. Eternal by The KLF the other
day (RAP music) and was wondering how kids extract
(auditory perception) the understanding of the words
being spoken. A spectrum analysis indicated heavy
lower midrange prominence, the boom, boom, boom.
It tended to obscured the male voice. Female voice
was clearer being shifted further up the spectrum.
Because much of the rap music is spoken by male
voices, how do kids hear the words... isnt that the
point of the tune (poetry)?











Contrary to what so-called audio person Krueger has claimed, there is nothing
mysterious or metaphysical about terms such as "microdynamics". The term is
generally understood by most audio hobbyists and audio writers doing reviews.
Just as macrodynamics refer to relatively gross and easily heard differences
between the loudest and softest passages in a piece of music, microdynamics
refer to relatively small differences in level between passages of music in
which volume differences from note to note are harder to discern.

Also, evaluation of loudspeakers generally includes listening to how well a
given product reproduces both male and female voices. As Powell correctly
points out, some audio systems, taken as a whole, are simply much better than
others at enabling listeners to understand what the singers are saying.

None of this is considered unusual except to radical anti-subjective-opinion,
anti-individual-preference zealots who discount almost everything that can't be
accounted for by their specifications uber alles preconceptions. Needless to
say, for those bigots, even the reading of a subjective review or discussion of
individual preferences would be anathema.

Bruce J. Richman