"Wylie Williams" wrote in message


John La Grou of Millennia Media, Inc. wrote
(p.s., I also found it amusing that an engineer looking for a
"natural" sound selected a "warm" micamp. Not that the end result
wasn't musically rich and beautiful, but "euphonic" and "accurate" are
usually mutually exclusive audio ideas.)

John La Grou works in an audio production context. Audio production involves
a great many components that exist to change the sound quality of music and
voice to achieve artistic goals.

I have heard essentially that statement so many times from so many
sources. What is the conflict with euphonic (sounding good) and
accurate, anyway? What is our definition of "accurate" that makes it
conflict with "enjoyable"??

When it comes to speakers and microphones, nothing is truely sonically
accurate. This is especially apparent in an audio production context because
of the ready access to the live sound.

As always, things can become very confusing when production and reproduction
are confused with each other.