Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, Thank you so much for supporting! The message I wanted to send was that test results are not the full truth (in fact, they are not more and not less than a part of a spectrum). This was written because of many people believing that the whole truth (or at least, a reasonable part of it) lies in lab test reports and their figures ... Have a fine day Hubert > Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 20:42:24 -0400 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > From: dlevy@worldy.com > Subject: Re: 35mm Asph./ASPHERICAL > Reply-to: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > At 02:59 15/10/96 +0100, you wrote: > > > >Then, to come to the point: Testing high end equipment leaves the > >range of measurable data. Wer'e talking about top quality equipment > >(and it wouldn't be top quality/high end/call it as you like if you could > > _measure_ a flaw!). It's the same case for high end hifi equipment > >BTW, all units will deliver excellent test results. > > > > Unfortunately, this is not true regarding high end excellent sounding audio > equipment. You can design equipment which will test excellent on the bench > and sound terrible. Early transistor designs were a proof of this. The were > designed to have both thd, im distortion and frequency response which would > beat tube equipment, but sounded absolutely terrible. Even today, most > transistor designs of low and mid hi-fi components have tests results which > are better than say Audio Research, new Dynaco, etc., but the tube equip > still sounds better. Also, there are very good solid state designs today > which don't test any better than the mid-fi equipment, but kill it sonically. > > Both audio equipment and lenses exhibit certain nuances which I think to > date can not of have not been quantified by objective criteria. (...) * Von/From: HUBERT NOWOTNY, CTR Hatzenberger & Nowotny OEG * A-1040 Wien/Vienna, Kettenbrueckengasse 16 (Austria, Europe ...) * Tel ++43-1- 586 20 22 - 0, Fax ++43-1- 586 20 22 - 24 * hubertn@ctr.co.at, http://www.ctr.co.at/ctr/