The Audio Critic

Never heard of the guy.

Guess I wasn't missing much.

GEoff what you just said is logically consistent but logic alone achieves nothing without facts.

The fact would be that there are differences possible and that any individual may or may not hear it in any particular case. One case means nothing other than two different outcomes with two different people.

Now expand the scope to consider many similar cases, and then at least statistically there is a basis perhaps to draw some conclusion. Still does not prove anything though about any particular case. Only that something expected might be likely or not.

Avoid noise and distortion and all should sound as good as possible.

Its that simple. Many ways to do it. It takes focus and time mainly.

The rest is largely subjective. But nobody benefits from noise and distortion. Sometimes it is very subtle. Making a change changes that plus other subjective things. Hard to sort through....

Just focus on minimizing noise and distortion and it will all be OK. Need not cost much. However good full range performance on a larger scale will always cost more than on a smaller one.

GEof,

Maybe. Kids know best sometimes.

Then again someone else once said "Thinking is the best way to travel".