Hi
This is something that is very dear/important to me. I came to stereo ast a very young age. 8~9 years old I was allowed/encouraged to us emy father's stereo system. I was hooked to music and its reproduction. In those times there was the notion of High Fidelity Hi-Fi... then came the High End Audio Revolution in the late 70's early 80's with the search for an Absolute Sound then the current it is all subjective mantra where whatever you like is good as long as it is expensive and "audiophile-approved" .. Bose doesn't qualify even if you were to like it, not expensive enough .
On the Other Hand there are the works of the AES and those of companies such as Harman and Bang & Olufsen with results to prove that there is an objective reality: That gears who measures well in some specific metrics are usually well received by a majority of listeners. Yet the High End Audio Industry and many (most?) audiophiles are not at ease with either the methodologies nor the results.
I believe that we need to encourage more in this direction . More works about what do we require from our systems and why do we like what we like. . What metrics should these be? What should an audiophile look in those measurements? What type of measurements would help? Who performs those?
Comments , discussions, etc are encouraged
This is something that is very dear/important to me. I came to stereo ast a very young age. 8~9 years old I was allowed/encouraged to us emy father's stereo system. I was hooked to music and its reproduction. In those times there was the notion of High Fidelity Hi-Fi... then came the High End Audio Revolution in the late 70's early 80's with the search for an Absolute Sound then the current it is all subjective mantra where whatever you like is good as long as it is expensive and "audiophile-approved" .. Bose doesn't qualify even if you were to like it, not expensive enough .
On the Other Hand there are the works of the AES and those of companies such as Harman and Bang & Olufsen with results to prove that there is an objective reality: That gears who measures well in some specific metrics are usually well received by a majority of listeners. Yet the High End Audio Industry and many (most?) audiophiles are not at ease with either the methodologies nor the results.
I believe that we need to encourage more in this direction . More works about what do we require from our systems and why do we like what we like. . What metrics should these be? What should an audiophile look in those measurements? What type of measurements would help? Who performs those?
Comments , discussions, etc are encouraged