Comment by IWeldMelons
7 years ago
It is relevant to a very large number of people, and that is why it is reflected in the price of the equipment. A very well known engineer, who has not ever peddle snake oil, Nelson Pass, sells his rather primitive audio equipment at high prices. Jusdging
You seem to be highly inexperienced in the subject, THD, IMD etc are parameters that are measured on highly artificial signals - singke sine waves or mix of small numbers of sine waves. Real music signals more resemble white noise than clean sine waves, and there might be hundreds of different very subtle modes of distortion, that are very difficult to measure but which have very significant influence on the precepted quality of the sound.
It’s not clear to me how one person selling boutique equipment at high prices is indicative of any flaw in measurement methodology. There are many companies doing this, of dubious real value to consumers. How is Nelson Pass different, and how is that relevant to what we’re discussing?