Pbb, Yes, I am attempting to promote standardization as a way of assuring accuracy. Accuracy is the goal, right?
When the musicians and recording engineers work their magic, they come up with a finished product: a CD or an LP.
Our playback systems reproduce that finished product.
If we want to be true to the musicians, then we want to hear what they did, we want accuracy.
Yes?
A musical score can be (and should be) interpreted by the musicians.
But a CD is not a musical score, it is a finished product and is not open to interpretation.
If we could have each of our output systems characterized, that information could be used by our playback system. The unique qualities of our particular speakers could be fed to our preamp which might know that a certain frequency needs a boost.
Each component of our playback system can degrade the information.
The source component, the amplification chain, the speakers and the room. Each one of those compenents can have their qualities measured. If that information was available to our playback system it could optimize the data it has to assure an accurate output.
What I am saying is, wouldn't it be great if we could be assured an accurate output in a simple way.
In the fine art-print world (where I work) we use a color managed workflow to consider the individual pieces involved in the output. We have "Profiles" which tell our system what inks we are using, what printer and what paper. By using that information the quality of our output can be at its best.
And at the same time standardized.
When the musicians and recording engineers work their magic, they come up with a finished product: a CD or an LP.
Our playback systems reproduce that finished product.
If we want to be true to the musicians, then we want to hear what they did, we want accuracy.
Yes?
A musical score can be (and should be) interpreted by the musicians.
But a CD is not a musical score, it is a finished product and is not open to interpretation.
If we could have each of our output systems characterized, that information could be used by our playback system. The unique qualities of our particular speakers could be fed to our preamp which might know that a certain frequency needs a boost.
Each component of our playback system can degrade the information.
The source component, the amplification chain, the speakers and the room. Each one of those compenents can have their qualities measured. If that information was available to our playback system it could optimize the data it has to assure an accurate output.
What I am saying is, wouldn't it be great if we could be assured an accurate output in a simple way.
In the fine art-print world (where I work) we use a color managed workflow to consider the individual pieces involved in the output. We have "Profiles" which tell our system what inks we are using, what printer and what paper. By using that information the quality of our output can be at its best.
And at the same time standardized.