@toronto416 exactly. Some of these reviewers and guys that don’t actually try something in their systems are absolutely nuts to me. We actually had a power conditioner negatively affect our system but actually help another system in another room. It just depends. It actually happened at a show and the audiophile junkie did a whole infigo video on it.
ACTUAL MUSICAL SOUND VS. MEASUREMENTS
Is it just me or am I the only one that has had it with overly pushy audiophiles that push measurements as the end all be all. I’m not talking about healthy discussions on measurements but obnoxious ones that talk down to you because of the measurements of your system or equipment is not perfect for them? All cables and cords are snake oil to them if it doesn’t register on their meters? Am I the only that feels this way?
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I've been at the hobby for a long time. I am, with a builder, building what we hope will be the finest sounding horn audio system for private listening room pleasure. To me, it's always been a A/Bing of things and yes the measurement world is critical to us. That said, on many occasions the particular part being tested looked great to the computer but a different part which did NOT test as accurately "sounded" to us a lot better. I wouldn't be caught dead without software BUT, we will always trust our ears first; period end stop. Also, I for one, if all I had were my hand held transistor radio from the early sixties, I'd be fine listening to Cousin Brucey and the like as music is the gift and I'd be just fine. How we hear our music should be entirely up to the listener. IMHO |
@jettyfat2323 you make a lot of great points. Sometimes the measurements are not ear pleasing. In a lot of situations. |
Paul McCartney for example? He often says he had to write memorable music, not because it had to be memorable, but because he had to remember it (not being able to read or write music himself!) |
+1 Yep. Sound quality of music... dozens of variables on inputs and dozens on outputs. So many that measurement tend to be such gross oversimplifications that they don't conform to the sound you hear a bit.
There is a reason you get taught how to solve equations in one or two variables in school. Most complex situations are far more complex. |
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