Hypops
1000+ Head-Fier
Again, I totally agree. I'd actually go so far as to say that whatever I hear (or whatever anyone else hears) is all that matters. I don't care what the cause is (acoustic, psychoacoustic, auditory hallucination, alien implanted chips, etc.). If I hear it, it is indeed what I hear. And if someone else hears something else, who am I to deny their experience? So, yeah, totally with you.IMHO, I love to see the lenses of scientific method being pointed at our hobby, but I don’t like how it is being used. People seem to forget that we are not trying to transfer signal from point A to point B with minimal loss (ala low noise and distortion) when it comes to personal audio. It is the auditory illusion that is precisely the point of personal audio. Not signal purity. Not anymore given the performance of modern audio gears.
Folks with scientific inclination and engineering know how should point those capabilities toward forming theories about how to control that auditory illusion via mechanical and electrical means. But no, such a concept is too slippery for numerical minds, so they rather stick to signal purity and sweep the point of personal audio under the rug, pretending that signal purity is the goal of personal audio. But no, “it is the subjective crowd is ignorant and arrogant”, never the insufferable audio scientist wannabe themselves.
I admire the approach of Final Audio though I rarely agree with their IEM. Whatever they set out to control, they always managed to hit. Remember how they throw everything out the window to make the biggest IEM soundstage with A series? Relationship between stage and dynamic with B series?
At the same time, I'm a nerd and love the idea that there might be some tangible "code" underlying our auditory experience. I get that it's a total fantasy, but whatevs. As long as I get to keep listening to music on awesome gear, I'm cool with having it both ways.
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