Karl Miller writes:

>This brings up, at least to me, the whole notion of how we listen and
>how recordings are engineered to suit what one might consider to be the
>preference of the average listener.

I have no idea what type of sound the average listener likes, and I have
my doubts that record companies know either.  One thing seems clear to
me - record companies like to offer a rich sound that can be rather
homogenous with excessive reverberation.

When reading reviews, I often wonder how the reviewer listens - high or
low voume, audio controls in flat position or not, headphones or not,
time of day, etc.  I know that I get much fussier about the music I
listen to late at night; then I nod off.

Don Satz
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