I thought these comments from another thread were pretty interesting: adamslim Wrote: > > I agree, but am slightly amused that you immediately come up with the > issue of flat frequency responce in-room. I think that this is also > pretty meaningless - the best sounds that I have heard have all come > from non-DRC systems. > > For me, it's all about 'do I like this sound?'. I listen to live > (classical) music regularly, and like a sound that is as similar as > possible to the live sound in my living room. DBT doesn't help me to > achieve this. Others are not looking for this kind of fidelity. I think > it's fun to argue the difference, even if you're really not going to > achieve much. I like arguing with religious people for the same > reason. >
tomjtx Wrote: > > Sometimes when an artist is visiting me we put on his CD and then he > plays the same music while he is sitting between the speakers. > That is a real eye opener! Tom, can you expound on how it's an eye opener? I'm interested in the question of what the ultimate goal of an audio system should be. Here are some options: 1) at least while in your listening position, hear what you would have heard had you been sitting in the front row (or wherever) at the live performance. 2) have the audio system reproduce sound which is indistinguishable from having the musicians perform in your living room. That includes being able to move around the room. 3) reproduce something better(?) or different than you would hear even attending a live performance, for example having the musicians all around you, or sitting inside the piano or something. 4) other options? something between 1) and 2)? I think none of these, except possibly 1), are possible with two speakers. And for 1) room correction is essential, but for 2) it's probably undesireable, which might be what adam was getting at. Personally I lean towards 2), but I don't have a fully formed opinion on it. Any comments? -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32374 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
