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In Reply to: "What does 'accurate' even mean in audio?" posted by Analog Scott on February 27, 2024 at 13:36:59:
In my version of audio theory, I like to distinguish between "critical listening" and "recreational listening". In reality, definitions like these ones might refer to little more than capabilities (or, tendencies?) that exist in systems and/or in listeners minds, but I think that they are still worth mentioning.In the "critical listening" setup, we might be trying to hear objectively (as much as is possible) and the goal is to hear ONLY the info that is actually encoded on recordings.
In the "recreational listening" setup, we might be using recordings as the BASIS for re-enactments or re-creations of sorts, based upon our own recollections or ideas about what "live sound" sounds like.
It is probably true that no type of listening is *pure*, but intentions or tendencies do exist.
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Follow Ups
- "Accurate" (in audio) might mean different things, depending on the *type* of listening you do. - peppy m. 02/28/2407:01:45 02/28/24 (4)
- RE: "Accurate" (in audio) might mean different things, depending on the *type* of listening you do. - Tom Brennan 07:55:59 02/28/24 (3)
- RE: "Accurate" (in audio) might mean different things, depending on the *type* of listening you do. - Analog Scott 09:44:45 02/28/24 (0)
- RE: "IME people think their preference, whatever it might be, is accurate." - peppy m. 08:01:27 02/28/24 (1)
- Important Distinction - Inmate51 09:04:20 02/28/24 (0)
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