From the article: " I admire Toole’s work, but I do not admire conformists who insist... that everything be judged by the same narrow criteria. "
I agree with writer Jim Austin.
Neither Floyd Toole nor his colleague Sean Olive claim that their measurements and analysis tell the whole story, though many mistakenly assume they do.
From one of Sean Olive’s landmark papers, A Multiple Regression Model for Predicting Loudspeaker Preference Using Objective Measurements: Part II – Development of the Model:
"LIMITATIONS OF MODEL
"The conclusions of this study may only be safely generalized to the conditions in which the tests were performed. Some of the possible limitations are listed below.
"1. Up to this point, the model has been tested in one listening room.
"2. The model doesn’t include variables that account for nonlinear distortion (and to a lesser extent, perceived spatial attributes).
"3. The model is limited to the specific types of loudspeakers in our sample of 70."
Duke
I agree with writer Jim Austin.
Neither Floyd Toole nor his colleague Sean Olive claim that their measurements and analysis tell the whole story, though many mistakenly assume they do.
From one of Sean Olive’s landmark papers, A Multiple Regression Model for Predicting Loudspeaker Preference Using Objective Measurements: Part II – Development of the Model:
"LIMITATIONS OF MODEL
"The conclusions of this study may only be safely generalized to the conditions in which the tests were performed. Some of the possible limitations are listed below.
"1. Up to this point, the model has been tested in one listening room.
"2. The model doesn’t include variables that account for nonlinear distortion (and to a lesser extent, perceived spatial attributes).
"3. The model is limited to the specific types of loudspeakers in our sample of 70."
Duke