Seems a given that because of the way we hear relative to SPL ( Fletcher Munsen / Robertson Dadson ), combined with playback technology and the listening rooms effect on reproduced sound, recorded music played through speakers with a flat measured frequency response is almost guaranteed to sound wrong.
This raises a question. Is there a way we can insert EQ to get reliable accuracy?
If we knew the environment, the SPL, the FR etc of the mastering speakers, and how the mastering engineer was perceiving sound the day he did the mastering, and a system existed that could correct for our room, speakers and how we are perceiving on the day, perhaps, but…..
Where does this leave us?
Seems to me we are left with self reliance and educated guessing…..
First off, I think we need to ditch the dogma that a flat FR is a correct FR. Once we get that conditioning and its effects out of our heads, I think we can become more open to the possibility of embracing technology that allows us to adjust a speakers FR on the fly as we listen to music and rely on our ears, insted of a graph, to tell us when it sounds right and most enjoyable.
A side benefit of pumping some air into the dogma is wider driver choice.
As part of the selection process, many people give driver FR flatness a high priority. If flatness has little to do with good sound, it opens the doors to a wider choice of drivers.
Any thoughts on this?
branwell
This raises a question. Is there a way we can insert EQ to get reliable accuracy?
If we knew the environment, the SPL, the FR etc of the mastering speakers, and how the mastering engineer was perceiving sound the day he did the mastering, and a system existed that could correct for our room, speakers and how we are perceiving on the day, perhaps, but…..
Where does this leave us?
Seems to me we are left with self reliance and educated guessing…..
First off, I think we need to ditch the dogma that a flat FR is a correct FR. Once we get that conditioning and its effects out of our heads, I think we can become more open to the possibility of embracing technology that allows us to adjust a speakers FR on the fly as we listen to music and rely on our ears, insted of a graph, to tell us when it sounds right and most enjoyable.
A side benefit of pumping some air into the dogma is wider driver choice.
As part of the selection process, many people give driver FR flatness a high priority. If flatness has little to do with good sound, it opens the doors to a wider choice of drivers.
Any thoughts on this?
branwell
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