Interesting topic ..
After 40 years of listening to hifi and enjoying real concerts I believe and have come to the conlusion that there is a never ending debate between objectivism and subjectivity regarding high fidelity, mainly because of two things :
1. The stereo system is seriously flawed in 2 channel playback . There is no real photo-print of the real, recorded event. Its only an illusion you listen to . Knowing this - my goal is now to maximise the illusion.
2. The music appears in the brain of the listener. How this is done, noone has been able to objectivily measure, but the perceived pitch of tones, rythm and timbres in the music can make you cry, laugh or dance . This is all subjective, except most people can hear the difference between a C flat or a C minor chord.
The conclusion ?
For me , there is no clear answer between objektivism or subjectivity because there has not been any real measurement answers how the magic of music can move the emotions of a human . So the discussion will go on.
Measurements of a loudspeaker can show you some interesting things about a product and the results can be said to be fairly objective.
But if you listen to two different loudspeakers that measures pretty alike , but one of them seems more ” fun” to listen to with the music - how does one measure the perceived emotionally movement by the music ?
Its impossible.
After 40 years of listening to hifi and enjoying real concerts I believe and have come to the conlusion that there is a never ending debate between objectivism and subjectivity regarding high fidelity, mainly because of two things :
1. The stereo system is seriously flawed in 2 channel playback . There is no real photo-print of the real, recorded event. Its only an illusion you listen to . Knowing this - my goal is now to maximise the illusion.
2. The music appears in the brain of the listener. How this is done, noone has been able to objectivily measure, but the perceived pitch of tones, rythm and timbres in the music can make you cry, laugh or dance . This is all subjective, except most people can hear the difference between a C flat or a C minor chord.
The conclusion ?
For me , there is no clear answer between objektivism or subjectivity because there has not been any real measurement answers how the magic of music can move the emotions of a human . So the discussion will go on.
Measurements of a loudspeaker can show you some interesting things about a product and the results can be said to be fairly objective.
But if you listen to two different loudspeakers that measures pretty alike , but one of them seems more ” fun” to listen to with the music - how does one measure the perceived emotionally movement by the music ?
Its impossible.
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