Or skip “the indoctrinated” and “the holy book” (such an ironic, dare I say desperate, description of a science-based tome) and go straight to the scientist himself and what he has already said
in this thread on “B&W 8**”,
link.
Especially this quote: “
I have noted that B&W 800 series speakers are reported as showing up in control rooms, implying that they have some special quality missing in "non-classical" monitors. Sorry, but this is simply human nature at work…
Wise studios would have an alternative, neutral loudspeaker, to audition as well, and many do. So, is the appearance of this speaker in recording studios a validation of its acoustical excellence and neutrality? No.”
Now I can see why you are so proactively aggressive and defensive.
It's a good bet he didn't bother reading what you linked to.
Treating ones own (sighted) hearing as
holy strikes me as more foolishly religious than citing the (contingent) findings of scientific research.
Similarly, I have read so much utter 'religious' or at least 'superstitious' blather about sound gear from 'studio professionals' that it's hard to be confident about their appraisals
prima facie.
Who is doing the appraising, matters.
Does it come down to 'the proof in the pudding' (the sound of the recording at home)? How can one say, since we don't have the same recording, monitored on a more neutral speaker than the B&W 800s, for comparison? The old circle fo confusion in play again.
