Ah. My expectation runs along the same lines as Scott and Vicky.
My presumption depends on the site's BSQ (bull shit quotient). That, in
great measure depends on my perception of who wrote the copy (manufacturer
or marketer), the fulsomeness of the specs (what are they hiding?), and on
the sales pressure I'm made to feel.
Telinga makes me feel good. BSQ=3D0 The guy is clearly making stuff he
believes is good and is offering it for sale. That's all I want.
'ACME' -YOU CAN"T BE A PROFESSIONAL WITHOUT THIS -sends me running and I
won't believe the specs or the sample if I can't verify either of them
elsewhere.
Copy that has been obviously 'dumbed down' for my consumption or de-spec'ed
and filled with flowery adjectives has much the same effect and can even
send me to a different seller for a product I know is OK.
I don't mind Fades on samples, as they give me a chance to hit the mute
button in case I've just been listening to something really quiet.
OT:
What really drives me nuts is typing say, AKG into a search engine and then
having to wade through 50 bargain search entries to find AKG's site.
Happily, this doesn't happen with Telinga.
k
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Scott Fraser <>wrote=
:
> **
>
>
> <<"When you hear a Telinga SSM demo track at the Telinga site or
> SoundCloud, and there is no information about it, do you presume that...
>
> 1/ the track is raw, free from any kind of manipulation, or
> 2/ a end result, post produced to give the best sound?>>
>
> Raw.
>
> <<And based on what?>>
>
> Based on the fact that we are listening to a product demonstration, rathe=
r
> than to an aesthetic experience. Truth in advertising demands that the
> product be depicted as it truly sounds. Any subsequent 'improving' of the
> sound or specs of the product via post-production techniques would be
> deceptive or fraudulent. As long as the intent is to present the actual
> sound of the microphone, we must hear only the output of the mic with no
> further manipulation.
>
> Scott Fraser
>
>
>
>
>
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sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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