Subjective Rating System

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I can't believe no one has yet said, night and day difference.

 

 

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There actually are some standards on this.  MUSHRA is a method of subjective quality assessment. 

 

There is also 

BS.1116-1 which hopefully not aptly named.  

It deals mostly in levels of impairment of the reproduced sound quality. 

https://www.itu.int/dms_pubrec/itu-r/rec/bs/R-REC-BS.1116-1-199710-S!!PDF-E.pdf

 

You would have specific categories, like imaging, balance of response, global audio quality and some others are possible. 

 

You listen in comparison and rate 1 thru 5 the level of impairment. 

5.0 is Imperceptible

4.0 is perceptible, but not annoying. 

3.0 is slightly annoying.

2.0 is annoying.

1.0 is very annoying. 

 

I suppose one could do it reverse. 

5.0  Night and day better.

4.0 Many veils lifted.

3.0 One veil lifted.

2.0 Different, but not better.

1.0 Not different. 

 

 

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35 minutes ago, Ralf11 said:

We might also seek to unearth some verbiage that relates to various qualities in the sound.

 

For example:

 

the system's phase coherence is like a rancid schmear on a stale bagel

 

 

Imaging was like a dirty ceramic tile bathroom in New Orleans at the end of a 5 day drunk at Mardis Gras.  

 

The vapid sense of air and space was as grainy as a swarm of flies surrounding roadkill in the west Texas sun.  

 

 

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16 minutes ago, Hugo9000 said:

Which equipment is this?  The specificity is remarkable, it must be an amazingly high-fidelity loudspeaker!  Birth of a new (dystopian?) world!   

Bozak Concert Grand. Now I've probably insulted some one who has them. Apologies for that, but I'm calling it the way I heard it.

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Maybe audio nirvana then is to start with mono, and add one channel every two years.  You'll get regular doses of those experiences like first time with stereo, and first time with 3 channel, and quadraphonic, and 5 channel surround so on and so forth.  With Dolby's offerings you'll not run out of channels to add.  

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9 hours ago, RickyV said:

Ah crap, I meant angel of cause. A screaming eagle would be way to loud and a peeing eagle that’s just nasty.

Do angels pee?  And is it really any better if they do?

 

Of course an eagle doesn't just pee, it is always a combined expelling.  Definitely not what we want.