Posted by manualblock [ 69.112.38.25 ] on May 31, 2006 at 14:49:55:

In Reply to: Re: What's Vintage Sound? posted by GarMan on May 31, 2006 at 13:01:11:

G-Man; would that concept not in and of itself be contradictory in nature? To say we are measuring something but we are not sure if that something we measure is the right thing or is interpreted correctly? Would you not have to have some assurance that for a measurement to have meaning it must be measuring some exact quantity then assigning to that quantity a correct interpretation? Otherwise; what are we measuring? Mechanical parameters and nothing more. Thats why they remain pretty much useless as a way to qauge sound quality.

But as far as vintage sound; I have no idea either what that could mean.
Thats why I suggested some of the popular speakers of yesterday as a reliable indicator of what people might mean by that term.
Maybe if you used say an example someone offered regarding a particular speaker.
Then again it occurs to me that Klipschorns are vintage as well as Quads; and they hold up pretty good in modern terms soundwise. Nothing like the big closed box speaks of yesteryear.
So maybe what you ask is a sound that pertains to a specific design style. What was it that brought this up? You know there was a very thorough comparison in Listener magazine between two systems; one called "modern" and one "vintage". It addresses your question if I remmember correctly. They used Quads for the vintage and I believe Audio Physics for the modern.

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