Recorded art translation depends on a shared consumer-professional audio standard

Evidence

A universal issue is that recordings, videos and movies are not all uniformly good. There is a longstanding concern in the industry that the recorded arts do not always “translate” to customers as they should. If consumers are to hear what was created in recording control and mastering rooms, there must be some basic agreement about sound reproduction technology on both the consumer and professional sides of the audio industry. I have called this the “circle of confusion”. It is a real problem, but, as will be found in this book, there are solutions. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 28

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Toole’s ‘circle of confusion’ concept of the need for basic agreement between consumer and professional audio reproduction technology.
• SEED: Could frame an essay on how any creative medium’s fidelity depends on a shared receiver-side standard, not just source quality.