"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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: "Ruud Broens" wrote in message
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: "Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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: In the end perceived sound quality is what matters most. We can
: measure the difference between a poor room and a good room, but
: sometimes its easier to just use our ears.
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: substitute 1. amplifier for room:
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: "In the end perceived sound quality is what matters most. We can
: measure the difference between a poor amplifier and a good amplifier,
: but sometimes its easier to just use our ears."
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: This of course ruins the truth of my statement, because as a rule rooms
: sound different, but good amps don't.
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: substitute 2. loudspeaker for room:
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: "In the end perceived sound quality is what matters most. We can
: measure the difference between a poor loudspeaker and a good
: loudspeaker, but sometimes its easier to
: just use our ears."
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: This is closer to the truth because as a rule, all speakers sound different.
: It's takes a major effort to even make two supposedly identical speakers
: sound close to each other. One reason for this is the fact that merely
: relocating a speaker a few feet makes it sound different due to room
: effects.
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: What was your case again, for level-matched, double blind testing, Arny ?
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: That's pretty well known. In cases where the differences are likely to be
: subtle, listening tests should be level-matched and double blind. However,
: the audible differences between rooms and speakers are likely to be highly
: non-subtle.
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: How can someone like Scott who is addicted to retro-technology like
: tubes and vinyl have the foggiest clue as to where the 2004 SOTA is?
: Scott is firmly grounded in 1978 technology, none later. That was
: then, but this discussion is about now.
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: We know about your 2005 SOTA, eh, Arny ? It's the 44.1 KHz/16 bit CD
: format, no?
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: 44/16 is a fine distribution format. One can level-matched, double blind
: compare it to so-called hi-rez formats all day long and find not one audible
: difference.
hmm, is that one of Randy's million buck challenges ? That could be
interesting...
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