Originally Posted by
Mr. Widget
Not to get all semantic on you, but any deviation from the original is by definition a distortion. Therefore too much clean well articulated bass or far too much crystal clear midrange reproduction is still distortion.
I agree with your premise though... the human ear is more discerning than the sum of our measurements. Maybe someday we will have a graph that plainly shows a good from a bad system, but today listening is still key. NEVER buy a loudspeaker based on ANY measurements. The measurements are of supreme importance to the gifted loudspeaker designer... as well as for the less gifted, but at the end of the day, listening will be the key for the designer as well as user.
Widget