I once thought that would be a great idea, then I realised the industry, left to vote, would probably have picked the NS10....
Don't worry, if it was adopted as a standard, people would immediately circumvent it!I once thought that would be a great idea, then I realised the industry, left to vote, would probably have picked the NS10....
The Yamaha NS10 Story
Love or hate the Yamaha NS10, this unassuming little speaker has found a place in the studios of many of the world's top producers. We trace its history, and investigate why a monitor whose sound has been described as "horrible" became an industry standard.www.soundonsound.com
Of course what they NEVER do is demonstrate that there is any sonic difference in the first place. The "coloration" is taken as a given.
Not me. I like, believe, and follow these findings, but standards of statistical inference stand apart from my predilections (particularly on this evidence-based site). As I indicated before, and as you sort of suggest, they make sense and are by far the best we’ve got. I treat them as a strong Bayesian prior, not fully settled science. But so far, I haven’t seen the scale required for very strong claims about everyone’s preferences. I may be wrong, that scale may be there, but I see majorities of small samples and a somewhat limited range of speakers and listeners. Unfortunately, to do more would be pretty expensive and difficult. I suppose there will always be some uncertainty about what an individual listener will prefer with loudspeakers in rooms and even, perhaps, certain limited distortion in the signal chain.
I authored a thread on what market success does or doesn’t mean….Overall, they are still doing well.
Harman's rebound comes at just the right time for Samsung
Six years ago, Samsung Electronics purchased Harman for $8 billion. Performance since then has been mixed.koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
Or go ahead and use your ears but don’t try to make strong universal claims based on yours (and others’) sighted comparison anecdotes.
Is it? My understanding is that rapid comparisons have repeatedly been shown to reveal smaller differences to listeners. That whole line of argumentation seems lacking in evidence.
I do sometimes wonder if some subjectivists have become divorced from their ears, so that they become hopelessly confused when presented with two signals to compare, blind, that sound identical.
It’s a common comeback but not only not perfect, but actually downright silly. The correct response when someone tries to handwave out of basic controls is, “What additional hearing sensitivity do you achieve by peeking? Do you not trust your ears?”Even better, admit that you understand that there is very real possibility of you just imagining things instead of hearing them AND that you knowingly refuse to find out if this is the case.
Unfortunately the "blind tests mask differences" argument is perfect comeback. It would be tragic to change one's correct beliefs because of faulty test process
www.audiosciencereview.com
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Agree, but in this case, Harman’s research is specifically intended to develop products that are enjoyed by global consumers. The success you point about cables or tweaks is a statistical blip.
Audiophools listen with their eyes but say we don't listen with ours ears.
Enjoyed not just for strictly audible attributes.
"But is has explained that."
Exactly so. I saw someone comment elsewhere that people in audio don't use Fourier Transforms. There's a weird tendency among the ignorant to confuse "I don't understand X" with "No-one understands X."
