Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/09

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Subject: Re: High end audio [Macintosh] and [Leica] photographic analogies
From: Ken Iisaka <kiisaka@ms.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 12:27:04 +0900

At least, bokeh is measurable, from the amount of various abberations away
from the focal plane.

Ben wrote:

> I'll give it a try.
>
> In audio gear, I think the equivalent of "bokeh" is the airness of the
> sound.  Not measureable, cannot be quantified and does not have an drastic
> 3-D effect.  Somehow, listeners will feel that the musicians are indeed
> "there".   ^_^
>
> Happy listening and photo-taking.
>
> Martin V. Howard wrote:
>
> > Custodian@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > There are companies like Jadis who make high end amplifiers
> > > that don't measure well in bench tests but bring some special magic to
> > > music - they are characterised by a very three dimensional
> > > reproduction that other companies can't equal.
> >
> > Would that be the audio equivalent of "bokeh"? ;-)
> >
> > M.
> >
> > --
> > Martin V. Howard, Application Systems Laboratory,     |
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