P Floding wrote:
Pat Farrell;143852 Wrote:
I tend to agree with The Absolute Sound's definition when the type of
music fits: the sound of real acoustic instruments in real space.
But most music doesn't fit those restrictions. The sound of an electric
"Believing" doesn't necessarily mean the presented sound has to be
exactly like some listening position IRL. Just that when you hear it
you don't know if you listen to a live performance ot a hifi.
No problem with your definition. I have never heard any reproduction of
a full orchestra in a house that sounded real.
The computer scientists use a "turing test" where the definition of
artificial intellegence is that you can't tell if the answer is from a
computer or a person. The same definition is my definition of high fidelity.
BTW, my hifi sounds a lot better than most live electrified
performances... So lets add that is needs to be non-electrified
instruments.
See my paraphrasing of TAS's definition.
"real acoustic instruments" which can be voices, string, brass, etc.
Better than a live performance may be good, but it is not high fidelity
if 'fidelity' has the definition of the word that predates "hi fi"
Is the definintion of a high fidelity playback of The Moody Blues mean
the sound of a real orchestra? or the sound of a Mellowtron?
What is the definition of high fidelity for the sound of a synthesizer?
--
Pat
http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
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