As the author states.
"My aim is (1) to highlight what is absent in the aesthetic experience of listening to music through digital formats and equipment, and (2) to refute the idea that vinyl enthusiasts are mere snobs using outdated technology just for the sake of being cool."
In the end he fails to prove his premise and struggles to highlight either of his declared aims. Neither of which really needed highlighting.
@millercarbon, rvpiano,
"There is no trout. Maybe never was."
Yes that captures it.
As biologically constructed interpretation machines we rely upon sensation, stimulation, memory, imagination and emotion.
As long as we remain human there doesn’t seem to be any way of getting away from that, does there?
Some might prefer impressionism some like photo realism.
@mahgister,
"Timbre perception was and is the key to listening experiments about audio system and his not only speakers dependent but room dependent...."
Could not agree more.
I’ve felt that way about audio for decades.
@whart ,
"I don’t have the energy or inclination to argue analog v digital at this point, though I was a dyed-in-the-wool analog guy for many years. Now, I’m agnostic.
A recording sounds "right" to me or it doesn’t."
Me too. I think it has to be a case by case comparison. There’s far too many examples of one being better than the other.
What happens on the production side of music often has very little relation to what happens on the interpretation side of music.
Cue to half remembered recollections of drunken parties where you thought the music was the best thing you ever heard...
"My aim is (1) to highlight what is absent in the aesthetic experience of listening to music through digital formats and equipment, and (2) to refute the idea that vinyl enthusiasts are mere snobs using outdated technology just for the sake of being cool."
In the end he fails to prove his premise and struggles to highlight either of his declared aims. Neither of which really needed highlighting.
@millercarbon, rvpiano,
"There is no trout. Maybe never was."
Yes that captures it.
As biologically constructed interpretation machines we rely upon sensation, stimulation, memory, imagination and emotion.
As long as we remain human there doesn’t seem to be any way of getting away from that, does there?
Some might prefer impressionism some like photo realism.
@mahgister,
"Timbre perception was and is the key to listening experiments about audio system and his not only speakers dependent but room dependent...."
Could not agree more.
I’ve felt that way about audio for decades.
@whart ,
"I don’t have the energy or inclination to argue analog v digital at this point, though I was a dyed-in-the-wool analog guy for many years. Now, I’m agnostic.
A recording sounds "right" to me or it doesn’t."
Me too. I think it has to be a case by case comparison. There’s far too many examples of one being better than the other.
What happens on the production side of music often has very little relation to what happens on the interpretation side of music.
Cue to half remembered recollections of drunken parties where you thought the music was the best thing you ever heard...