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In Reply to: Aural Illusions... I get it. But does it matter how the brain is tricked? posted by jdaniel@jps.net on September 2, 2020 at 09:47:37:
what the playback actually is and how it works is objective. What matters to you and what matters to me and what matters to any other audiophile is inarguable. But yes, the perception of imaging and ambience does matter to me. And I have no trouble forming subjective opinions about the relative merits of perceptual imaging and hall ambience of various recordings played back on my stereo system. The point, the original point and still the point is that I do not confuse my opinions or preferences with objective facts.
In so far as the Beecham vs the Reiner question I would have to go back and do a side by side comparison and focus on the recording quality. It'sbeen years since I last played the Beecham. I rejected the Beecham years ago based on the performance which was not to my liking. If i don't like a performance I don't care much if it sounds good or not.
If I were to make a side by side comparison maybe I would like the recording quality of the Beecham more, maybe not as much or maybe it would be a mixed bag and they are just different with no clear cut winner. But mine would just be another subjective opinion. Without an objective aural reference i could not begin to tell you which was more accurate (if that is what you mean by natural) and even the objective reference, which would have to be an actual orchestra in the original concert hall of the original recordings would be problematic. Sitting front row far right or far left will give you a completely different sound than sitting in the balcony on the opposite side. They are completely different and yet both are unquestionably "natural"/"accurate" since the notion of the naturalness or the accuracy of the original sound is absurd since it is the actual original sound.
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Follow Ups
- What "matters" is subjective - Analog Scott 09/2/2010:11:23 09/2/20 (2)
- Ultimately, you're saying that "downstream" empirical measurements of any sort are off the table? T - jdaniel@jps.net 10:26:12 09/2/20 (1)
- Nope, not what I am saying either - Analog Scott 12:33:42 09/2/20 (0)
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