...as in tonal balance, not political or otherwise
It's only a week or two ago that Vlad shared a graph which showed that the tonal balance we generally prefer is actually a bit see-saw shaped with an upward lift at the bass end and a slight dip at the top. Yet everyone raves about neutrality, especially WHF reviews.
Certainly with speakers, WHF can rate a particular pair of speakers as neutral and accurate in a magazine review, then sure as night follows day, you get new purchasers posting up threads asking how come these speakers they bought unheard on the strength of a five star review are so shrill and bass-light that their ears bleed whenever they play anything more raucous than Nana Mouskouri.
It's only a week or two ago that Vlad shared a graph which showed that the tonal balance we generally prefer is actually a bit see-saw shaped with an upward lift at the bass end and a slight dip at the top. Yet everyone raves about neutrality, especially WHF reviews.
Certainly with speakers, WHF can rate a particular pair of speakers as neutral and accurate in a magazine review, then sure as night follows day, you get new purchasers posting up threads asking how come these speakers they bought unheard on the strength of a five star review are so shrill and bass-light that their ears bleed whenever they play anything more raucous than Nana Mouskouri.