A proposal: the Objectivist Audio Review magazine

[Snowmonkey]

1 hour ago, wgscott said:

Although I think it is quite possible for something to measure well but sound terrible, I'm not sure there are many examples of the opposite -- things that measure quite poorly but sound wonderful (unless it is euphonic distortion, so maybe we should add in accurate reproduction).  

 

In other words, good measurements are probably a necessary but not a sufficient condition.

 

Bose? (at least to many ears).

[Snowmonkey]

21 minutes ago, Confused said:

2 hours ago, wgscott said:

Although I think it is quite possible for something to measure well but sound terrible, I'm not sure there are many examples of the opposite -- things that measure quite poorly but sound wonderful (unless it is euphonic distortion, so maybe we should add in accurate reproduction).  

 

In other words, good measurements are probably a necessary but not a sufficient condition.

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Turntables?

 

I think turntables would qualify as euphonic distortion, but there's the rub: to an objectivist, "measure well" and "accurate reproduction" are surely synonymous.

"Euphonic distortion" is a kind of get out of jail card for objectivists when they are enjoying a recording even though it is technically inaccurate.