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In the Thread: Aporia - Silbatone Acoustics speaker
Post Subject: Recalling a different focus on audioPosted by drdna on: 1/25/2009
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 Tuga wrote:
Joe, Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy a good pizza. Unfortunately I won't find one in a Pizzahut. "That" man's 2 for 1 pleasure says a lot about his evaluating capabilities... I also enjoy several different kinds of music, mostly acoustic, but enjoying music and evaluating a system's performance are two completely different tasks.
I absolutely disagree. First of all, I enjoy Pizza Hut Pizza quite a bit. Secondly, the idea that certain music like classical music is more evolved is a TRAP. A stereo is only useful if it can play the music we enjoy well. Each type of music presents different challenges to the audio system. A stereo that plays only classical music well necessarily has distortions that favor classical music. There is nothing wrong with this, but we must recognize that these are euphonic distortions. ALL forms of music should be used to evaluate an audio system; this will be tempered by an understanding of what aspects of audio we prefer to focus on.
 Joe Roberts wrote:
This notion assumes a universal standard. The Pizza Hut listeners were evaluating performance, only by a different standard than you or I use. I am not even sure what it was, but their amazement at the blue mini-towers seemed genuine. I can't always know the goals and I certainly can't and don't need to share everyman's goals, but I can recognize that goals and tastes are indeed individual.
Joe, I would recommend you look at my old thread: http://www.goodsoundclub.com/Forums/ShowPost.aspx?postID=8773#8773
 Joe Roberts wrote:
Harry Pearson had the "more evolved" thing going too. Conned a lot of people into listening to things they didn't really like, trying to find their place in heaven.
Do not let our individual beliefs in music get in the way of sharing information about audio. It is more like a religious debate. I prefer to remain agnostic. Wink Adrian

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