Telling musicians to evaluate and choose their instruments in a “scientific” way?


How do you think this would go over?

“This mass produced guitar measures the same as your vintage Martin on my oscilloscope, so any difference you hear is just expectation bias.” “You need to do a double blind test to prove there’s a difference!” “Rosewood is rosewood, there’s no difference between this Brazilian that’s been seasoned for 20 years and that Indonesian that came off the boat a month ago, you’re being taken in!”

tommylion

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Devising effective tests for audio equipment SQ is child's play compared with doing it for the violin.  Every piece of wood is different.  MDF that most box speakers are made from is pretty much homogeneous.

However we still await a comprehensive suite of tests that can fully explain and predict SQ in audio products.  Perhaps even wire.  I believe we may be waiting some time.