rgg@aplvax.UUCP (Richard G. Greenberg) (08/15/85)
Many netters have stated that if the sonic output level of two systems is not very closely matched (to 0.1dB, according to one person), then either system can be made to sound "better" than the other. Doesn't this mean that both systems are nearly identical in sound quality? Using either system at home, where most of us :-) don't use oscilloscopes, voltmeters, or sound pressure meters, can't either system be made to sound as good as the other would have sounded, by simply listening at a fraction of a db or so louder? Who would even notice? A good speaker and a poor one can be distinguished readily even if the poor one is set a little louder than the good one. Speakers have REAL differences in sound, based largely on smooth frequency response (in my opinion). If two good CD players, or preamps, or other components that some people say exhibit sonic differences, are so close that 0.1 db matters, then they are BOTH good enough for me.