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<p>And continuing our thought from <a href="http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/12856/12856/" target="_blank">yesterday’s post</a>, only this time in reverse, isn’t it obvious that just because something has all the right stuff it doesn’t necessarily qualify as great itself? *And doesn’t this observation help explain one of the age old mysteries in audio about how something can measure great and sound poor?</p>
<p>How many times have we all struggled to understand how a loudspeaker can measure flat, have great efficiency and technology and yet sound unlike music? *How many times have we seen a piece of electronics measure with remarkably low distortion, perfect frequency response, transient response, all the right elements, yet fail to make music?</p>
<p>Great products are entities unto themselves. *You can’t judge a book simply because it’s filled with many great words.</p>
<p>The words together have to mean something. *Just like the elements within a product have to work together.</p>
<p>It’s why so many legitimate reviews of equipment today express an opinion on sound and ignore the details of performance.</p>
<p>It’s the whole that matters.</p>
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[Source: http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/whole-matters/12865/]
<p>How many times have we all struggled to understand how a loudspeaker can measure flat, have great efficiency and technology and yet sound unlike music? *How many times have we seen a piece of electronics measure with remarkably low distortion, perfect frequency response, transient response, all the right elements, yet fail to make music?</p>
<p>Great products are entities unto themselves. *You can’t judge a book simply because it’s filled with many great words.</p>
<p>The words together have to mean something. *Just like the elements within a product have to work together.</p>
<p>It’s why so many legitimate reviews of equipment today express an opinion on sound and ignore the details of performance.</p>
<p>It’s the whole that matters.</p>
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[Source: http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/whole-matters/12865/]