On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 23:44:41 -0000, "Oliver Keating"
wrote:

One simple but effective way I have found to test hi-fi is to have it
playing a recording, and then have a microphone positioned in an ideal
location recording the output.

With really high end stuff, the recording will be indistinguishable from the
original, but of course there is degredation directly related to the
speakers/amps, so perhaps a could test would be to record the recording, and
repeat until a blind test reveals the difference between the original and
the recorded, and simply note the number of recordings it took.

Btw - what thousand pound amplifiers have a several percent distortion?


You have actually, personally, found this a good way to test hifi
gear? Sorry, I don't believe you :-)