Re: The Audiophoolery Thread.
From the 4th Edition of the Radiotron Designer's Handbook, 1952, page 603:
"The purpose of high fidelity reproduction is to satisfy a particular listener, who is primarily interested in the emotions arising of what he hears. The complete process involves sensations and emotions which cannot be treated objectively and must bring in personal preferences and differences of opinion"
On pages 604-5 there is a section on "Imagery for describing reproduced sound"
So subjectivism and musicality it is not a phenomenon of the 1970's, it rather pre-dates Fritz Langford-Smith's RCA tome of 1952.
Craig
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