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The Role of Critical Listening in Evaluating Audio Equipment Quality
This essay is an expanded treatment of an Audio Engineering Society paper Robert Harley presented at the 1991 AES convention in New York. The bibliography (citations noted as numbers in parentheses) will be published with Part 2.
Abstract
Critical observational listening can reveal aspects of audio equipment quality not exposed by traditional measurement techniques. Observational listening impressions are, however, often dismissed as mysticism, even when conducted by conscientious, technically oriented practitioners.
This paper outlines the methods and underlying philosophy of critical listening, explores why critical listening is rejected by some within the scientific audio community, and draws the distinction between serious listening and pseudoscientific claims.
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This essay is an expanded treatment of an Audio Engineering Society paper Robert Harley presented at the 1991 AES convention in New York. The bibliography (citations noted as numbers in parentheses) will be published with Part 2.
Abstract
Critical observational listening can reveal aspects of audio equipment quality not exposed by traditional measurement techniques. Observational listening impressions are, however, often dismissed as mysticism, even when conducted by conscientious, technically oriented practitioners.
This paper outlines the methods and underlying philosophy of critical listening, explores why critical listening is rejected by some within the scientific audio community, and draws the distinction between serious listening and pseudoscientific claims.
Link (pdf)
