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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: About the Audio Neutrality.
Post Subject: Tools to make a neutral systemPosted by drdna on: 4/5/2007
 Romy the Cat wrote:
Neutrality is fidelity to musically recognized by awareness.  Neutrality it is not what is auditable but rather what is delivered. Neutrality does not operate by the language of the communication channel; in fact it is blind to the language of communication.


Yes, we are saying the same thing.  The problem as I have found it is that transparency is easily recognized and so there is a tendency for audiophiles to focus on this when they try to improve their systems, and this can make for very bad sounding results.

I strive to make a neutral system instead, which sometimes means ignoring transparency.  The most recent example was the difference between the old London Decca Jubilee and the new London Decca Reference, which is easily the most transparent cartridge I have heard, but it loses some sense of neutrality, and I just don't connect to the music in the same way.

The problem I have is finding ways to guide how to make a system neutral since it is described not fully or well by language or intellectual parameters.  How can something so important be so difficult to manage?  Perhaps Romy and others have some suggestions?

Adrian

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