Re: OT - Disturbing Reading and So True

"Ian Iveson" <IanIveson.home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Peter Wieck wrote

http://stereophile.com/asweseeit/1107awsi/

Far from being true, it is a petty misrepresentation.

Realy?

ho really believes that the objective of a domestic audio
system is to produce sound "how you like it"?

Many people - the Bose customer list comes to mind, and that's only a tiny
fraction of it.

There is the real, simple evidence that such a belief exists?

I see it all over RAT.

Find an exponent and show me.

Many of the regulars of RAT, for openers.

Reproductionism is deeply flawed.

There you go!

I think a more reasonable statement would be:

Accurate reproduction of sound is elusive.

The real problem is to
reappraise the objective of domestic audio systems without
falling into the obviously equally misconceived "how you like it" trap.

About 10 seconds into that you bag tubes. ;-)

Anyone who thinks Descartes was a solipsist has missed his
point completely, BTW. There are no solipsists, never has
been, never will be. Find one and show me.

Look into a mirror? ;-)

I asked "Will stereo get better?" on rec.audio.tech. Only
one person stooped to ask what I meant by "better".

Sue the rest of us for presuming that the goal of audio is more accurate
(and therefore more pleasing) reproduction.

The thread is interesting in that all respondents so far have
assumed that reproduction is the objective and, as with
the article you quote, it becomes apparent that
"spaciality" remains problematic.

Not a bad assumption, eh?

Seems to me that, once
you consider what is necessary to reproduce a soundfield
precisely, the argument for reproduction reduces itself
to absurdity. It won't ever happen.

That would be your assumption (but it isn't, you shortly clarify). Very
convincing reproduction of sound fields is pretty easy, as long as you lose
any hangups you may have about using devices like headphones.

Room music was always a dog and it has had its day.

There you go, but now you're going my way. ;-)

The real revolution, meanwhile, is the dawn of the epoch of
head music. In a virtual world, reproduction becomes
possible.

Agreed. The problem is taking that out into the room.


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