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In the Forum: Audio Discussions
In the Thread: Speakers: a hi-fi disaster.
Post Subject: Different thingsPosted by Antonio J. on: 1/19/2005

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 guy sergeant wrote:
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There is a danger, when talking in elaborate language about audio equipment, that the sound quality of the software, a component or a system might be perceived as being somehow beyond or better than that of 'real' sound. Certainly many dealers and reviewers make their living selling this perception.

But do we actually need a special language to describe sound? After all, do we need a special language to describe colour? My young son can tell the difference between 'real' sound and 'reproduced' sound. He does not need work his way through multiple levels of 'music/hi-fi appreciation' to 'get' that difference.
It does seem to me that this issue is perhaps being over intellectualised. It is not dissimilar to the way certain religions work, where there are guru's who are apparently closer to the truth, and acolytes who can't or don't understand the faith quite as much and therefore look up to the more knowledgeable for guidance. I'm not sure it's healthy.

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regards,

Guy


Hi Guy,

I think we talk about different things. One is trying to speak about "sounds" which already has a quite well described and proficiently developed language, which is used by reviewers and ourselves while talking of "audio gear" in a more or less sterile way. Another one is talking about music and the "real sound" which makes all the aforementioned language useless. And finally there's the concept of "reproduced music", which Romy explains on his "Audio for dummies" articles, that never should be trying to meet the "real sound" of live music, but it has its own goals although quite hidden for people without exposure to "music-proficient" systems. I agree with Romy's insight. The more a system tries to re-create the sound of real music, the worse it sounds from a strictly musically interesting point of view. To explain this "seriously reproduced musical sound" is for what perhaps a different language would be required.

Rgs,

Ant.

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