IET Event, talk by Bob Stuart

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#1 IET Event, talk by Bob Stuart

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Talk on Tuesday 17th August at 19.00 on Perspectives On Audio: Information vs Data; Fidelity vs Resolution Audio bridges science and engineering with the complexity of the human listener. If we are to close that gap, we need to ask the right questions. This talk begins with a tutorial overview of topics in modern auditory science that are pertinent to fidelity and resolution.

It seems you don't need to be a member to watch, and it's free, but you do need to register.

https://events.theiet.org/events/perspe ... erm=499515

"A quick tour through sound reproduction, starting with analogue, shows how a 'narrow' approach to digital audio inadvertently embedded key errors in recordings and playback systems.

This is briefly illustrated with seven theories of 'High-Resolution' and consideration of the paradoxes of losslessness and data vs information flow.

If we consider the whole chain from microphone to loudspeaker, and more precisely define objectives for transparency using principles of communication theory, modern sampling theory and current auditory science, we show that a better engineering solution is indeed possible.

Our speaker will be J. Robert (Bob) Stuart who studied electronic engineering and acoustics at the University of Birmingham and took an M.Sc. in operations research at Imperial College, London.

While at Birmingham he studied psychoacoustics under Professor Jack Allison, which began a lifelong fascination with the subject. In 1977 Bob co-founded Meridian Audio and served as CTO until early 2015. In 2014 he founded MQA Ltd where he is currently full time as Chairman and CTO."

Interesting, but maybe biased?

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MQA promotion alert
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I used to help run a very large annual international technical conference.

Almost all of our speakers were professionally involved in the industry.

We had strict rules about advertising and self-promotion; on the rare occasions a speaker transgressed they were rapidly hauled in by the moderator (every talk had a moderator).

I would hope that the IET is the same...
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A lot of men have a moderator, it's called "the wife". :lol:
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