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Compromise? In audio??generally reach a compromise within 2 minutes. We should be able to do this with audio.
Aren't you just out of a particularly nice beer tasting session and a tad optimistic?
Compromise? In audio??generally reach a compromise within 2 minutes. We should be able to do this with audio.
But Pierre here we are out to change the world, one electron at a time if need be.Compromise? In audio??
Aren't you just out of a particularly nice beer tasting session and a tad optimistic?
Hell Hex, being 65 with a dash of Covid brain fuzz, there are times when I can't even find my tongue.You know that tip-of-your-tongue feeling when you can't quite dredge up a word or phrase? It's happening to me more often now. You just fixed at least this instance of it. Thanks!
What in your system caused the .31%? 97% I can easily see, but the .31% has me wondering........This may come off as “stereo vs HT” but that is not my intent. Just observation from over the years.
Whats your thoughts? Again, I am 97.31% movies with my system.
I told myself “if I get a 5-7% increase in sound I would be happy”. Well, that’s exactly what I got, about a 7% increase.
If I started trying to say that a change had led to a 7% improvement in the bass without having measured the before and after response, people would rightly ask me how I had arrived at that number. Likewise , if I said burger A was 7% better than burger B.
When it comes to home theater (HT), it seems like the hometheater youtubers and I are not as picky or particular to hear “lips smack” or the “saliva in a singer’s mouth” during a song. The “sizzle” or “open airiness” of whatever instrument.
I understand and believe myself that when listening to certain music you can really hone in on strengths and weaknesses of your system. Certain sounds on recording are more easily revealed and are more apparent in certain musical recordings. Also, are more intimate and reveal more of a speakers/systems ability and/or personality while a movie is more like “talk talk…sing music…boom bang” etc.
What happens when all your x% improvements, plus your y% starting point add up to more than 100?So, like I said, I'm curious, how do you come to a conclusion that, example, this system that you just heard compared to yours is X amount better? Or, the new front end I got made my system X amount better or worse? How do you convey to someone else the quantitative difference so they understand how much better (or worse) it is/was? I grade most everyday things on a 10 scale like food, drink. 10 being the best burger I have ever had. A whopper would be a 5 or 6. Tastes like a burger. Kinda looks like a burger. Feels like a burger but does not make me say "DAMNNN....THATS A BURGER!!!!
What happens when all your x% improvements, plus your y% starting point add up to more than 100?
You could always do what the reviewer Martin Colloms did, call your scale "open ended" and just keep going. He was in the 130s last time I looked, which was years ago, since I didn't subscribe to the journal he set up after leaving HiFi News (Hi Fi Critic, or whatever it's called).What happens when all your x% improvements, plus your y% starting point add up to more than 100?
those terms above all are "subjectivly" changes to, for example, OPamp-rolling or changing capacitor brands/models without changing the frequency response "directly"
its just silly imo to think the only quantization of sound quality is "db" in certain frequencys.... there is way more to it, im sorry for everyone not getting/hearing that tho
The percentages will move over time/be consolidated/rationalized due to more experience. As stated before, the percentages are a way to describe to others the perceived change. The percentages are not objective. They are a way of communicating based on ones perspective the perceived amount of change. This seems to be hard to communicate here even with a thread titled "how do you quantify improvements in sound", I left one word out, thats on me.....SUBJECTIVELY. I, for some reason, am unable to edit the title of my post and change it to "How do you SUBJECTIVELY quantify improvements in sound".What happens when all your x% improvements, plus your y% starting point add up to more than 100?
I have heard a rumor. If you donate $1000 to Amir for the web site, a moderator will change the title of the thread for you. Amir probably even accepts cash mailed to him in $100 dollar bills. Just sayin....The percentages will move over time/be consolidated/rationalized due to more experience. As stated before, the percentages are a way to describe to others the perceived change. The percentages are not objective. They are a way of communicating based on ones perspective the perceived amount of change. This seems to be hard to communicate here even with a thread titled "how do you quantify improvements in sound", I left one word out, thats on me.....SUBJECTIVELY. I, for some reason, am unable to edit the title of my post and change it to "How do you SUBJECTIVELY quantify improvements in sound".
If @gks333 were to slip @AdamG247 $5 he will probably do it. I don't think site rules allow me to say publicly what @BDWoody would require.I have heard a rumor. If you donate $1000 to Amir for the web site, a moderator will change the title of the thread for you. Amir probably even accepts cash mailed to him in $100 dollar bills. Just sayin....
Done!The percentages will move over time/be consolidated/rationalized due to more experience. As stated before, the percentages are a way to describe to others the perceived change. The percentages are not objective. They are a way of communicating based on ones perspective the perceived amount of change. This seems to be hard to communicate here even with a thread titled "how do you quantify improvements in sound", I left one word out, thats on me.....SUBJECTIVELY. I, for some reason, am unable to edit the title of my post and change it to "How do you SUBJECTIVELY quantify improvements in sound".
Can I get a 5% commission on your fee? (times are hard)Done!