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In Reply to: The Harman research is useful and informative, but it's not the last word posted by Dave_K on March 30, 2022 at 15:10:02:
"Accurate" in terms of wide frequency range, flat frequency response on-axis, no huge dips or flares in the off-axis, and low non-linear distortion (such as that caused by driver breakup or buzzy boxes). I can't imagine anyone actually considering these characteristics UNdesirable.
Conducting the listening tests in mono, with a single specimen of each speaker, was a wise decision as it allows the listener to focus exclusively on the tonal qualities of the speaker, not distracted by "imaging" or stereo effects.
Hiding the speakers from sight eliminates the sort of visual bias that often leads people to think the mahogany or walnut-finished speaker sounds "darker" than an identical speaker finished in white oak. The shuffler is a clever method of allowing the listener to hear two or more different speakers in rapid succession, auditory memory being notoriously short.
The tests have yielded useful data about peoples' sonic preferences (at least under these specific, controlled experimental conditions), and some useful performance targets for speaker designers. Guidelines, not dogma.
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- Agreed. It does show that many listeners prefer technically "accurate" speakers. - Brian H P 03/30/2216:52:28 03/30/22 (27)
- accuracy and tonality - DrChaos 11:48:09 04/1/22 (8)
- RE: accuracy and tonality - Analog Scott 16:29:02 04/1/22 (7)
- elaborate more? - DrChaos 17:50:41 04/3/22 (6)
- RE: elaborate more? - Analog Scott 20:02:01 04/3/22 (5)
- Interesting graph from your link - Feanor 06:23:22 04/4/22 (3)
- RE: Interesting graph from your link - Analog Scott 06:21:11 04/5/22 (1)
- "There is no imaging in mono," he said authoritatively - geoffkait 06:37:21 04/5/22 (0)
- Mono can sound more spacious than stereo. Hel-loo! - geoffkait 08:42:56 04/4/22 (0)
- "That's how we listen" - geoffkait 02:14:11 04/4/22 (0)
- Logical fallacy alert! Big time! - geoffkait 05:26:08 03/31/22 (8)
- It wasn't a great example, but the point is valid - Dave_K 06:24:05 03/31/22 (7)
- You say yes, I say no, you say goodbye, I say hello - geoffkait 06:40:04 03/31/22 (0)
- the point is valid. It is supported by an actual study - Analog Scott 06:30:31 03/31/22 (5)
- Just as I suspected, there is no study. Nt - geoffkait 04:26:14 04/1/22 (0)
- Show me the study wrt speaker color. That's all you have to do. Nt - geoffkait 08:12:14 03/31/22 (3)
- every form of refuse has it's price - Story 08:51:25 03/31/22 (2)
- If you swallow it...- - geoffkait 09:13:53 03/31/22 (1)
- when here, only you would know that fersure - Story 09:20:01 03/31/22 (0)
- If I am building the fastest dragster in the world, I don't worry about how it corners - Analog Scott 03:56:17 03/31/22 (8)
- RE: If I am building the fastest dragster in the world, I don't worry about how it corners - Dave_K 08:16:28 03/31/22 (2)
- RE: "Late reflections enhance spaciousness, not early reflections." - peppy m. 14:15:38 04/2/22 (0)
- RE: If I am building the fastest dragster in the world, I don't worry about how it corners - Analog Scott 07:01:31 04/1/22 (0)
- Ah, but then again ... - Feanor 07:59:03 03/31/22 (4)
- RE: Ah, but then again ... - Analog Scott 05:06:41 04/1/22 (3)
- OTOH, many audiophiles reject Toole's conclusions simply because... - Feanor 08:43:46 04/1/22 (2)
- RE: OTOH, many audiophiles reject Toole's conclusions simply because... - Analog Scott 11:02:24 04/1/22 (0)
- Tool O'Toole - Story 10:18:58 04/1/22 (0)
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