Guttenberg and designing by hearing/listening instead of measuring.

[amirm]

So if two people have wildly different subjective opinions about a pair of speakers, we can put that down to the other equipment in the chain, what music was played, room acoustics, etc.? Because in practice these opinions aren't usually formed in a controlled environment.

Correct. This is all in a high detailed paper from Dr. Toole and Olive. You can see a snippet of it here: http://seanolive.blogspot.com/2009/04/dishonesty-of-sighted-audio-product.html

 

[andreasmaaan]

This refers to the Harman research you've brought up before? I can't remember, but I should read up on that stuff.

So if two people have wildly different subjective opinions about a pair of speakers, we can put that down to the other equipment in the chain, what music was played, room acoustics, etc.? Because in practice these opinions aren't usually formed in a controlled environment.

And above all those other factors, the room in which they are listening to them.

 

[cjfrbw]

The drummer in Guttenberg's video is this guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Drummond

He does suggest some great music in both videos. Several albums I still need to track down.

Thanks for the correction and clarification. Still good interviews. I have several of the vinyl records he cited as his favorites for drum tracks.