mrdecibel writes:
This would hardly even be debatable except for two things: engineers using "audiophile" as innuendo to talk down what is in fact a universal human characteristic, and "distortion" being used to define another perfectly normal characteristic, harmonic development, which in this case is a character woven into the very fabric of the universe itself.
Set those aside and its just an obvious fact that people love harmonics. I mean, we got the harmonica, harmony, harmonious, any of these ring a bell? Which itself when it rings, the better the bell the more harmonically rich it rings. I mean, come on. Only engineers could be so dense.
Well, and audiophiles.
Both come along and redefine perfectly natural harmonics into distortions. As if when Itzhak Perlman plays a chord its pure but somehow Jimmy Hendrix plays it its distortion. How, exactly? Splain it to me, Lucy.
OF COURSE we like some harmonics better than others. They're called even-order harmonics. Duh.
Next question.....
This is based on a post from another thread, where someone speaking to a studio mastering engineer, repeated a quote by this engineer, stating " most audiophiles like certain distortions ", and it quickly started a debate.
This would hardly even be debatable except for two things: engineers using "audiophile" as innuendo to talk down what is in fact a universal human characteristic, and "distortion" being used to define another perfectly normal characteristic, harmonic development, which in this case is a character woven into the very fabric of the universe itself.
Set those aside and its just an obvious fact that people love harmonics. I mean, we got the harmonica, harmony, harmonious, any of these ring a bell? Which itself when it rings, the better the bell the more harmonically rich it rings. I mean, come on. Only engineers could be so dense.
Well, and audiophiles.
Both come along and redefine perfectly natural harmonics into distortions. As if when Itzhak Perlman plays a chord its pure but somehow Jimmy Hendrix plays it its distortion. How, exactly? Splain it to me, Lucy.
OF COURSE we like some harmonics better than others. They're called even-order harmonics. Duh.
Next question.....