Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site
In the Forum: Audio Discussions
In the Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally!
Post Subject: It is not denial. It is maturity.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 2/15/2026
 Paul S wrote: |
Good luck with the things that still hold your interest.
|
|
Paul, please don’t feel that I am attacking you or responding with aggressive indifference. It isn’t personal. It’s about the subject itself.
In several videos I recorded in the past — though never posted — I openly “fired” myself from audio as it is traditionally understood, in the way you described above. I did not step away because I detested it, but because I no longer saw meaning in it. With all my experience in audio, if you were to ask me how a loudspeaker truly impacts musical communication at the level I care about, I would honestly say that I do not know.
Today I have a spectacular playback system, and I have no idea why it is good. In fact, everything I know technically suggests that it should not be good. Only when I consciously declared my ignorance and decoupled myself from everything I think I know, I feel that certain elements of truth begin to emerge within my horizon.
If you have noticed, I am no longer engaged in traditional audio discussions. Not because I oppose them, but because I have lost my sense of certainty in classical audio methods. I may still feel confident calculating filters or assessing the resonant frequency of a driver suspension. But at this stage of my life, I cannot honestly say how that resonant frequency relates to my ability — or inability — to experience a particular sensation while listening.
Using classical audiophile methods, tools, and language, I no longer find a reliable bridge between technical description and lived experience, using the current audio language. Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site