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In Reply to: Re: Theory vs. Practice posted by Christine Tham on May 20, 2006 at 08:44:21:
No doubt you're right that the term "order of magnitude" is hyperbolic. However, I have gotten used to thinking about the difference between mid-fi and audiophile reproduction as ranging across the last couple of tenths of musicality on a ten point scale. If you're willing to assign a quantitative value to the listening experience, then it is possible to hear a very large improvement moving through this narrowed scale. The narrow range probably also explains why many people can't hear any difference between good & great equipment.As to how to reconcile listening tests to measured technical data, this point-counterpoint is well established in the audio press. In publications such as Stereophile, it's interesting to see in the same review, the listening room reviewer and the technical tester diverge in their findings when a piece of equipment that wins praise with the audio reviewer fails to measure well on the bench. The magazine resolves this tension by maintaining a separation of powers between the two viewpoints. You don't read opinions on the listening test from the technical reviewer and vice versa. It's certainly reassuring when good sounding equipment measures well, but this rule is broken as often as not.
Dave
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