@tuga: You didn't understand what I meant. EVERY speaker or should I say hifi component is a compromise. There is no true fidelity because it can't be. The reason: The laws of physic.
Who defines accuracy?
You can buy equipment you like and listen with it. That's it!
How do I know which equipment the recoding engineer has used?
Do I have to switch between the different monitors of different studios?
How about the difference between the near field monitors and main monitors of the same studio?
Interesting series of videos:
All of them. That's all we have to start with.
But I accept that accuracy is not for everyone..
And how do you know that your reproduced sound is accurate? What is your reference?
But my point was, accurate to what which aspects of the recording? Typically when asked about accuracy of HiFi people talk about lack of distortion, detail, and other technical parameters. I would argue that what matters is capturing the spirit of the performance. The joy, anger or passion. The ability of a system to move us emotionally. Isn't that the reason for the recording and the thing the artists will care about most?
So if a system is coloured, does not have the best channel separation but really draws you into, makes your feet tap and makes you live the music isn't that system more accurate than a technically more accomplished one which is not as involving?
Accuracy is measureable.
Accuracy isn't measurable. How could it? Even a microphone alternates the sound/measurement process. There is no reference. You weren't there while the recording was mastered nor do you have the same ears as the recording engineer or the same equipment or the same room.Accuracy is measureable. You can use higher-fidelity equipment as a reference and also recordings engineered to sound natural, though the latter are not as effective.
You don’t need hi-fi for that. I can feel that in my car with its crappy stereo system.Is it? How do you measure how well a system conveys the passion in Aretha Franklin's voice?
@tuga But if the signal is altered by the room then there is no reference point and as long as you doesn't know how the sound was for the recording engineer and HIS ears it is totally a illusion to achieve accuracy IMO. Even writing about such things is a total waste of time.
You don’t need hi-fi for that. I can feel that in my car with its crappy stereo system. It’s the same as my hi-fi. Only the sound quality is not here. The soul of the music is the same.
Accuracy isn't measurable. How could it? Even a microphone alternates the sound/measurement process. There is no reference.
You weren't there while the recording was mastered nor do you have the same ears as the recording engineer or the same equipment or the same room.
You compare what goes in with what comes out. The reference is the signal. Simples.