[LAU] eyes verses ears

[Rusty Perez]

Yes Ralf and J. your distinction between measuring and just
visualizing makes lots of sense to me. And Julien, I think you are
basically saying the same thing. A graphical tool may make it quicker
and easier to isolate problems and take measurements to improve audio
quality.

Monty, I'm going to play a little devil's advocate here.
I wouldn't say that anyone needs to throw away their measurement tools
when engineering equipment for best performance, but I have heard of
blind listening comparisons where audiofiles couldn't reliably tell
the difference between two given studio amplifiers, or between given
sets of speaker cables.
I recognize that "just listen" may be a trite way of dismissing valid
points, but isn't listening the primary goal here?
But I do agree with you that if using a visual representation helps
more quickly and accurately improve the auditory experience, then
that's a good thing.

Interesting stuff
Rusty



On 7/4/13, Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> Visualisation is helpful for troubleshooting, if e.g. something does
> sound distorted, then taking a look at a meterbridge could be
> timesaving.
> Phase correlation does ensure that the phases are ok for airplay.
> However, visualisation isn't needed, but could be helpful.
>
> For analog recordings measurements at least are needed for bias
> calibration.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
>
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