A box full of viscera?
They're offaly good you know.
They're offaly good you know.
I was reading about this just now.
Various works have statistically compared dozens of subjective adjectives used in sound quality assessments and have concluded that many of them appear to be strongly correlated with each other. Gabrielsson, et al. concluded that as few as 8 perceptual dimensions could claim reasonable statistical independence:
Clearness/Distinctness
Sharpness/Hardness vs Softness
Brightness vs Darkness
Fullness vs Thinness
Feeling of Space
Nearness
Disturbing Sounds
Loudness
In these terms, Gabrielsson observes that sounds appearing to be 'pleasant' or 'true-to-nature' in overall assessments, should be 'clear/distinct', 'soft' (at least not too 'sharp/hard'), 'full', give a 'feeling of space' (not sound 'closed'), and be free from 'disturbing sounds'.
I'm not sure what the nearness aspect means exactly, do you? It tends to be the opposite of 'feeling of space' for me, and is a factor of direct to reflected sound.
You don't appear to have any 'flat earth' terms at all, e.g. pitch, pace, rhythm, timing etc. All your categories relate pretty much exclusively to tonality. When criticising hi-fi I still think mainly in these more music-related terms, e.g. I'll pick up on whether I can easily follow structural aspects such as the notes and rests of the bass line long before forming an opinion on the aesthetics, though obviously both tend to be related in many ways.
When objectivists attempt to use subjective terms they reveal the fact that their preoccupation is only with tonal differences, i.e. frequency response inaccuracy. They are not concerned with temporal accuracy as they believe that the medium of reproduction is always perfect in this regard.
YMMV and all.....
The PR&T thing doesn't change for me at all when the speakers are changed for flat earth types or round earth types. Additionally, adding briks, kans or another traditional PR&Tty flat earth speakers to a round earth system doesn't change the PR&T of the sound in my experience. The source seems to be the biggest factor affecting PR&T for me followed by the amps.
regards,
dave
That's interesting - I've only ever built systems around Kans, Sara's and Briks with sources that have great timing and rhythm - but tell a lie I did plug in my CD walkman and the prat went down the plug hole!
mat
That's interesting - I've only ever built systems around Kans, Sara's and Briks with sources that have great timing and rhythm - but tell a lie I did plug in my CD walkman and the prat went down the plug hole!
mat