Audio design ultimately meets a human listener. Measurements describe a system, but hearing and perception determine how that system becomes an experience.
A useful return to first principles
In this Questions with Tom video, Tom Danley explores the deceptively simple question: how do we hear? The conversation is preserved here as part of the Sound Is Everything learning library because good system decisions begin with the listener, not the equipment list.
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Watch Questions with Tom: How Do We Hear? on YouTube. The current manufacturer page is linked below.