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Floyd Toole on the science of loudspeakers, rooms and what listeners prefer

CIRMMTRecommended by 4 people on Hacker News, 2019–2026
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Acoustician Floyd Toole's lecture on what decades of blind listening tests show: listeners prefer accurate loudspeakers, how rooms change what we hear, and why some room-correction approaches fail.

The research behind monitor and room choices, from the scientist who did much of it; it clears up common myths about speakers and room EQ.

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@Humbly8967 Recommends it · View on HN

In blind testing, the average listener reliably prefers the more accurate speaker.

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