So the original post was trying to make a correlation between a subjective study at best and music reproduction. I guess based on new vs old.
So in the case of a violin who defines good. Is it the sq root of 4x??? Is it feel of the wood. Is it the tone. Is it the volume??? Who's subjective opinion get to be the objective best. Maybe if the composers were not mostly dead , they could get us closer to the sound they had envisioned.
The other problem is just because someone can play back classical music does not make them Miles Davis. And even then Miles liked to make his horn sound like a human voice. The variables are endless. You can not reach perfection if you do not know what it is.
Now to try to go from I like the new violin better to digital vs vinyl or tubes vs transistors, is one giant leap. Now we can at least take the subjective opinion out of the equation somewhat. The tenor sax should not sound like a alto sax. The grand piano should not sound like it was plugged into a amp. The biggest issue here is that we where not in the studio when they made the reference.
So if there is any moral to the story when it comes to music, you have to listen and feel it to know. Yes there are people with perfect pitch and others who are tone deaf but even the tone deaf souls should get what floats their boat. So good luck with the numbers and the marketing. If you want something great you will have to experiment and listen listen listen...
So in the case of a violin who defines good. Is it the sq root of 4x??? Is it feel of the wood. Is it the tone. Is it the volume??? Who's subjective opinion get to be the objective best. Maybe if the composers were not mostly dead , they could get us closer to the sound they had envisioned.
The other problem is just because someone can play back classical music does not make them Miles Davis. And even then Miles liked to make his horn sound like a human voice. The variables are endless. You can not reach perfection if you do not know what it is.
Now to try to go from I like the new violin better to digital vs vinyl or tubes vs transistors, is one giant leap. Now we can at least take the subjective opinion out of the equation somewhat. The tenor sax should not sound like a alto sax. The grand piano should not sound like it was plugged into a amp. The biggest issue here is that we where not in the studio when they made the reference.
So if there is any moral to the story when it comes to music, you have to listen and feel it to know. Yes there are people with perfect pitch and others who are tone deaf but even the tone deaf souls should get what floats their boat. So good luck with the numbers and the marketing. If you want something great you will have to experiment and listen listen listen...