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I love this discussion. Which would you rather hit with a sharp steep short transient, the Krell or the Cary? Lemme guess. . A beryllium neodymium tweet. 33kHz resonance - stops in a dime. Or a slowish tweeter. Like a cloth or propylene dome. Which rings into next week when it's hit with the same spike. Please pardon the misspellings and occassional insane word substitution I'm on an iPhone > On Oct 11, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Carl Pultz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Stereophile has long had this schizophrenic aspect where the auditions are > contradicted (or complimented) by the measurements. It is entertaining. > Years ago, they ran a cover with the headline: "If one of these amplifiers > is right, the other must be wrong." One amp was a huge, powerful Krell. The > other was (IIRC) an 811-based Cary single-ended job that developed maybe 10 > watts. The Cary couldn't pass a symmetrical waveform; the Krell was > virtually perfect on the bench. Both were declared to make their own brand > of magic. > > The subjectivity of art doesn't rest well with the hard science of > engineering. Professionals aren't immune to that dichotomy. If I did what > Jamie does, I would certainly aim for his level of objective rigor. > Microphones in an acoustic space, like phono cartridges and loudspeakers, > are a whole different story, a blend of subjective/objective. At least we > now have other elements of the signal chain that can be reliably objective, > if that is the goal. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Cawley > Sent: Friday, October 11, 2013 7:05 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] a prime case of why subjective reviews of audio gear > are USELESS > > From: Dave Cawley > Dartmouth United Kingdom > > > > Hi Tom > > Rely to fixed (again), although it is really a server issue............ > > I agree with all you say, especially the midnight part ! However some > magazines do no testing at all. Image a car magazine not testing 0-60 and > top speed ? > > Dave