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| Most underrated female recording artists.. Great thread! I've got some listening to do. One that I'll mention is Diane Schuur. I did a quick search here on Audiogon and found discussion so I'm not really confident in my complaint that she's underrated. I do find her voice to be exquisite a... | |
| speaker impedance Are there any high impedance speakers out there designed with tube amps in mind? I see you can get 16 ohm compression drivers. A couple of 8 ohm woofers could be wired in series to give 16 ohm impedance. Doesn't seem to be a popular design choice. | |
| Don’t over power condition! My opinion: The Aurender unit should have adequate power conditioning built in to it to deal with any typical home AC power noise. If it needs an external power conditioner it should come with it or at least specify what is required. | |
| My take on subjective vs. objective @rvpiano What defines an advanced system? Complexity? Cost? Measurements? Subjective sound quality as perceived by a select set of listeners? I tend to think of an advanced system as one that employs sophisticated techniques, such as more speake... | |
| Don’t fight your speakers. @curiousjim I agree a good room is a good start. It's gets a little complicated though because rooms can be treated and some speakers work better in some rooms than others. So a good room and a good speaker that's well suited to that room with a... | |
| My take on subjective vs. objective @ghdprentice You are correct! My ears can be quite sensitive to nuance and the whole of my ears and brain together can be quite discerning at times, for instance hearing distortion that my analyzer software has mistaken for background noise, ... | |
| My take on subjective vs. objective @ghdprentice I'm totally with you about how measured parameters can fail to predict my perception of sonic outputs during sighted listening. My theory is that my hearing perception can be heavily influenced by various factors other than the act... | |
| My take on subjective vs. objective @djones51 I would imagine the goal with electronics is to make them consistent enough that DB differentiation is not possible for even those with the best ability to discern. It seems like it could be possible with those kind of devices, unlike ... | |
| My take on subjective vs. objective @mceljo I remember reading that Paul Klipsch hired people he called "golden ears" to test his speakers on. These people were typically not audiophiles or musicians or recording engineers, just people who demonstrated an unusual ability to hear t... | |
| My take on subjective vs. objective So I see I am not persuasive in my attempt to shift the use of words. People can use "subjective" and "objective" as they see fit. Ultimately words are defined by how people use them, not by how someone like myself feels they should be used. So ye... | |
| My take on subjective vs. objective @cd318 I agree with what you are saying overall but I think calling poorly established objective claims "subjective" is not the best use of that word. It suggests there's just a sliding scale where some facts are more objective and some ore m... | |
| My take on subjective vs. objective @mijostyn To determine that something is 12" or 18" is still going to require perceptions that have to be interpreted. I don’t think it’s useful to call every interpretation of an instrument readout "subjective." At that point everything becomes... | |
| My take on subjective vs. objective Scientists, engineers, designers and manufacturers are all subjectivists and objectivists at the same time. It's not being objective that reliably creates good results, but careful testing of objective claims. Subjective claims can't be tested exc... | |
| My take on subjective vs. objective I love the fact that there's good food all over the earth. Go to the moon and I'll bet you can't find anything good to eat there right now. | |
| My take on subjective vs. objective @nonoise Good find! It's one thing to gaze at one's navel, another to be observant while gazing and notice the lint. |