Re: Am I getting paranoid or is the begining of the end?

In article <NGDsg.81267$lQ.4624@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Evans wrote:
You can measure the electrical distortion figures for
the control room amplifier because input and output are the same thing -
they're both electrical signals - but you can't say how accurately the
loudspeaker turns it into sound if the signal is something that has never
*been* a sound. Anyone can say whether they personally *prefer* the sound
of any loudspeaker when it is playing their chosen type of music, whatever
that may be, but to assess how *accurately* it reproduces sounds, you have
to start with something real.

Rod.

Yes well we may have to agree to have a slight difference of opinion.

The logic behind my opinion is that the studio speakers would most
likely be part of a very good sound system.

How would you define "a very good sound system"? Which property of such a
system is it that makes it a "good" one?

I think there is no escape from the need to match one *sound* with another
*sound*, in order to assess quality by how well they match.

Therefore if you apply a
good recording of the same electrical signal to another good hifi
system, you should end up with something very close to the sound that
came out of the speakers at the recording studio. Hence an accurate
rendition of the original.

This ain't necessarily so. Control room loudspeakers are made for a quite
different purpose from domestic ones - they're designed to show up any faults
in the electrical signal, not just to produce a pleasant sound. In any case, if
you strive to make your domestic system sound like a control room, all you're
doing is comparing one sound system with another, with no reference to whatever
it is that you're using them to listen to. It's a bit like taking a photograph
of another photograph and saying it's good because it's a good likeness of the
photograph, instead of looking at the subject matter and considering whether
it's a good likeness of that. You could then say "Well, it's a very good
camera", but then I'd be compelled to ask how you'd define what makes it a good
camera, and I think this is where I came in.

Rod.

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