Just picked up the latest issue of Stereophile article. It has a nice column by Jim Austin on page 3. I can't find the transcript online. Here is an intro:http://www.stereophile.com/content/now-newsstands-istereophilei-vol34-no3
Too lazy to type it all in manually
. Net, net, he takes a very nice balanced view of how both sides of the audio arguments are right to some extent that no other position other than accepting both the science/measurement and listening tests.
Here is his concluding paragraph (wish John Atkinson would get us the full transcript ):
"Luckily for us, the human population is diverse.... A science-based activity without scientific constraints, in which the only distinction among tweaks that appear to be nothing more than snake-oil, well designed amplifiers, and speakers with good dispersion characteristics are the vicissitudes of personal aural experience, makes me uncomfortable. I find myself craving some certainty, if only to put a little more space between the creations of a skilled audio designer and, say, a jar of pretty rocks."
Earlier he eloquently explains how there is enough fuzziness in science and measurement of audio that for anyone to essentially write anything they like and have it still be probable. You really have to read the article to see the mastery with which he summarizes the never ending arguments we have and why this world continues to operate the way it does.
Nicely done!
Too lazy to type it all in manually
. Net, net, he takes a very nice balanced view of how both sides of the audio arguments are right to some extent that no other position other than accepting both the science/measurement and listening tests.Here is his concluding paragraph (wish John Atkinson would get us the full transcript
):"Luckily for us, the human population is diverse.... A science-based activity without scientific constraints, in which the only distinction among tweaks that appear to be nothing more than snake-oil, well designed amplifiers, and speakers with good dispersion characteristics are the vicissitudes of personal aural experience, makes me uncomfortable. I find myself craving some certainty, if only to put a little more space between the creations of a skilled audio designer and, say, a jar of pretty rocks."
Earlier he eloquently explains how there is enough fuzziness in science and measurement of audio that for anyone to essentially write anything they like and have it still be probable. You really have to read the article to see the mastery with which he summarizes the never ending arguments we have and why this world continues to operate the way it does.
Nicely done!
