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<blockquote data-quote="drew gandy" data-source="post: 107686" data-attributes="member: 880"><p>Re: This guy is restless!</p><p></p><p>I think that there are typically 3 measures of "sound quality" for the average person; 1) Is it loud? 2) Is there bass <em>and</em> treble? 3) Can I understand what someone is saying? AND these 3 measures are often not considered at the same time. Sound professionals obviously have more refined ways of grading things but... is it possible that we sometimes use speakers in situations where it's easy to accomplish "Loud" or "Bass <em>and</em> Treble" or "I can understand what they're saying"? </p><p>I remember going to a Bose store about 15 years ago. As I sat through their sales presentation they used words like "rich sound". I had a hard time accepting the idea that the Wave Radio had "rich tone" as we listened in a bare drywall box presentation room while sitting on folding chairs. But I think that most people could probably believe that what they were hearing was "rich sound" after being told that that is what they were hearing. I love quality audio as much as the next sound guy but maybe it's not the holy grail for everyone. Maybe, just maybe, you can put a bunch of components in a box that looks like it might do something special and, coupled with a salesman who really believes in his product, sell a few. Perhaps if you play a song that the customer really really likes, you'll sell even more. But this is just speculation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="drew gandy, post: 107686, member: 880"] Re: This guy is restless! I think that there are typically 3 measures of "sound quality" for the average person; 1) Is it loud? 2) Is there bass [I]and[/I] treble? 3) Can I understand what someone is saying? AND these 3 measures are often not considered at the same time. Sound professionals obviously have more refined ways of grading things but... is it possible that we sometimes use speakers in situations where it's easy to accomplish "Loud" or "Bass [I]and[/I] Treble" or "I can understand what they're saying"? I remember going to a Bose store about 15 years ago. As I sat through their sales presentation they used words like "rich sound". I had a hard time accepting the idea that the Wave Radio had "rich tone" as we listened in a bare drywall box presentation room while sitting on folding chairs. But I think that most people could probably believe that what they were hearing was "rich sound" after being told that that is what they were hearing. I love quality audio as much as the next sound guy but maybe it's not the holy grail for everyone. Maybe, just maybe, you can put a bunch of components in a box that looks like it might do something special and, coupled with a salesman who really believes in his product, sell a few. Perhaps if you play a song that the customer really really likes, you'll sell even more. But this is just speculation. [/QUOTE]
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