kristiansen
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That's because the violin doesn't sound more 'right'.
You must see the video in the light of creating awareness of different types of distortion (not just HD) and that with different types of distortion different audibility levels exist (logically).
What he shows is that for some types of distortion you need to go beyond 10% and others may be just 0.1% before they become audible in a specific way.
He also wants to create awareness that looking for 0.0001% or 0.01% of a specific type of distortion is pointless as you would need to go up to >10% for that specific type to be audible. But for other types of distortion 1% of that type is VERY poor sounding yet the other type can reach 10% and you don't even hear it.
It looks like you feel what he says confirms your line of thoughts. It doesn't. In fact it is the total opposite of what you claim. He shows everything can be shown with measurements as long as you measure the right things. This means NOT the specs manufacturers use as these are marketing material rather then useful info. He also shows that correct interpretation of measurements is important.
He did not mention silver cables measure or sound better than copper and you need brand X type resistors or a special 'mix' of parts only known to gurus to create some thing that sounds 'better' but cannot be proven by measurements. This is what you claim.
Think it's okay that you do not share my views, but that you completely distort what Jonathan novick says in the video and in the podcast in your fight for your own position is not right.
The first 15 minutes he uses to explain that the language the definitions we use as a listener is something completely different than spec.
I totally agree.
He then goes on to explain how manufacturers abuse and simplify specs.
I again completely agree.
Then he shows how THD sounds and how much THD should be added before we react, that's not how we assess Hifi, if we hear something similar to what Jonathan demonstrates, we will immediately say that there is something wrong with The product.
He relates THD to various problem in amplifier construction, something that has been known for over 40 years and which everyone does everything to avoid.
He uses the last part of the video to pick it all up and explains that constant progress is being made to make measurements and the listening experience fit together.
Again completely agree. But we are far from the goal in my opinion.
He gathers it all on this poster, A paraphrase of Albert Einstein's favorite quote that hung in his office
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