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<blockquote data-quote="Tzs503gp" data-source="post: 1117222" data-attributes="member: 19443"><p>This is nothing new. </p><p>I don’t think there is a serious audiophile on the planet that would disagree with the statement: reproduced music just doesn’t sound like the real thing. We are getting close. When every little detail has been ironed out, we pat each other on the back and say “WOW!! That sounds REAL!!” </p><p></p><p>The reality of course, is that we are only about 80% there (my own guesstimate). That last 20% is buried in the countless restrictions imposed on us by physics. The physics of materials mostly. The materials we make the entire recording/ mastering/ playback chain from. The physics of inertia, resonances, mechanical and electrical loss/ efficiency etc.</p><p>Fortunately our auditory systems can apparently help “fill in” some of this missing/ distorted information. I’m led to believe that we can “correct” from memory certain aspects of reproduced sound which fall short of the ideals of “verbatim”.</p><p>And so it is. We have reached a point where progress is excruciatingly slow. Until we can overcome the limitations imposed by the physics of our current materials by more advanced manufacturing, or invent new materials, which win us further ground in the quest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tzs503gp, post: 1117222, member: 19443"] This is nothing new. I don’t think there is a serious audiophile on the planet that would disagree with the statement: reproduced music just doesn’t sound like the real thing. We are getting close. When every little detail has been ironed out, we pat each other on the back and say “WOW!! That sounds REAL!!” The reality of course, is that we are only about 80% there (my own guesstimate). That last 20% is buried in the countless restrictions imposed on us by physics. The physics of materials mostly. The materials we make the entire recording/ mastering/ playback chain from. The physics of inertia, resonances, mechanical and electrical loss/ efficiency etc. Fortunately our auditory systems can apparently help “fill in” some of this missing/ distorted information. I’m led to believe that we can “correct” from memory certain aspects of reproduced sound which fall short of the ideals of “verbatim”. And so it is. We have reached a point where progress is excruciatingly slow. Until we can overcome the limitations imposed by the physics of our current materials by more advanced manufacturing, or invent new materials, which win us further ground in the quest. [/QUOTE]
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