Recordings are artistic creations, with loudspeakers merely the messengers.

Evidence

Recordings should be judged as what they are: artistic creations in their own right, which opens up many opportunities for liking or disliking the result. In all cases loudspeakers are the “messengers”, so in the consumer world they often get the credit or blame. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 321

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Recordings are artistic constructions, not literal captures of live sound — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 371; Recorded audio is engineered for plausibility, not faithful reproduction of reality — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1801; Neutral loudspeakers should be transparent messengers of the art (+7 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Recordings are artistic constructions, not literal captures of live sound — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 371; Recorded audio is engineered for plausibility, not faithful reproduction of reality — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1801; Neutral loudspeakers should be transparent messengers of the art (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Recordings are artistic constructions, not literal captures of live sound #corroborates (0.93) — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 371
• Most recordings are manipulated creations rather than live replicas #corroborates (0.92)
• Monitoring through a colored loudspeaker embeds its signature into the recording #complicates (0.76)
• Listening rooms impose their own acoustics on top of recorded sound #complicates (0.72) — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 2278