Ian Masters
Speakers: A Rich Vein of Mythology
Speakers: A Rich Vein of Mythology
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| МИФ - Because we all hear differently, choosing a speaker is simply a matter of personal preference. ФАКТ - What we may think of as an informed audio choice often has little to do with sound quality. Rather, even the most experienced of us can be swayed by a speaker's appearance or brand name or by the musical selections used to demonstrate it. There is a growing body of evidence, however, showing that if we eliminate these factors, even unsophisticated listeners will gravitate to the same speakers, and that these are the ones that show up best in conventional measurements. It is, of course, extraordinarily difficult to filter out all the extraneous influences, but it's worth giving it a try -- the more you approach each speaker with an awareness of the unimportant factors that might sway your decision, the closer you will come to a good one. The evidence would seem to deny that we all "hear differently"; it is likely, however, that we all react differently to things that have nothing to do with audio quality, but that color our appreciation of it. |