RMAF15: What The Specs Don't Tell You...And Why

[Josuah]

Johnathan Novick of Audio Precision and AES governor discusses specs, why they can be misleading, and why they don't tell you everything about how something will actually sound.

 

[KenM10759]

Thanks for sharing that. I watched the whole thing and it helps explain why I hear differences in receivers of differing brands with similar published specifications. Testing an NAD receiver over the weekend I heard a certain "air" with recordings that I never heard on my Denon. It also seems to have more relative power compared to the specs for each.

 

[Seth=L]

Very interesting. I watched the whole presentation as well. Fascinating and yet not surprising.