
Floyd Toole on the science of loudspeakers, rooms and what listeners prefer
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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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In blind testing, the average listener reliably prefers the more accurate speaker.