agear wrote: "98/100 people would agree, and they obviously don't."
98 out of 10 people do not have a system with low enough noise, compression and distortion (or an optimized acoustic environment) to hear the difference. Makes sense to me.
It's time for those 98 percent to realize that their systems are not as good as they think they are. They are at level 5 and some of us are at level 9. The so called "computer scientists" actually have no credentials to make this judgment either IMO. Maybe a EE with 35 years experience. Even then, the experience must include the learning that there is a lot in audio that we don't measure that is still audible.
The state of measurements for stereo are a lot like the measurements and specs for TV monitors. Most of the measurements and specs (black levels, color saturation etc..) are done for 2-D viewing of static images. There actually very few specs or measurements for 3-D accuracy or motion accuracy. Whether a given TV monitor is good at 3-D and/or motion is determined mostly by a reviewer watching the monitor. These are really complex effects as is the 3-D imaging of a good stereo system in a good acoustic environment.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio
98 out of 10 people do not have a system with low enough noise, compression and distortion (or an optimized acoustic environment) to hear the difference. Makes sense to me.
It's time for those 98 percent to realize that their systems are not as good as they think they are. They are at level 5 and some of us are at level 9. The so called "computer scientists" actually have no credentials to make this judgment either IMO. Maybe a EE with 35 years experience. Even then, the experience must include the learning that there is a lot in audio that we don't measure that is still audible.
The state of measurements for stereo are a lot like the measurements and specs for TV monitors. Most of the measurements and specs (black levels, color saturation etc..) are done for 2-D viewing of static images. There actually very few specs or measurements for 3-D accuracy or motion accuracy. Whether a given TV monitor is good at 3-D and/or motion is determined mostly by a reviewer watching the monitor. These are really complex effects as is the 3-D imaging of a good stereo system in a good acoustic environment.
Steve N.
Empirical Audio