mlsstl wrote: > Your post is a good example of conflating two separate issues. > I think it's a really bad example of that, actually! Pick one of a million other posts on t'internet as a good example.
One must distinguish between scientists and engineers. Scientists conduct experiments to break current theories in order to improve or replace them. Engineers seem to know what they know. Not every problem with listening tests can be solved. It's the little things really, the obvious things. How do you compare loudspeaker A and B when they have different frequency responses? Tests have shown that subjects can subconsciously detect a difference of 0.2db. So at what frequency do we level match the speakers? Do we use a single tone or broadband tones or multi-tones? It doesn't matter what we do, one or the other loudspeaker will have a slight advantage depending on the musical sample, because each musical sample has different and dynamic spectral content. This is unsolvable so we must either pack up and go home or make the assumption these effects will even out. My point is nothing in the real world is totally black and white. At the end of the day we are middle aged men arguing on an audiophile internet forum...no harm done but none of this stuff is particularly important either. We should be enjoying ourselves and perhaps shooting the breeze with a drink whilst listening to some good tunes! Incidentally, I am sure if we met face to face that's what we'd do! Cheers, Darren ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97489 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
