Pat Farrell;143852 Wrote: > P Floding wrote: > > There is probably no system today, and certainly not in anyone's > home, > > that can really fool us into believing that the we are at the > recording > > venue. > > While I tend to agree with the literal comment here, I don't agree that > > this is an admirable goal. > > Probably because I've spent too much time inside recording studios. > > I don't want an accurate reproduction of the recording studio. > It reminds me of the classic statement about not wanting to watch the > making of either sausage or laws. > > Even if you are at the hall, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Filmore > East, etc. while they are making a recording -- what you hear there is > impossible to reproduce. Any site with a crowd of more than 20 or so > customers has a sound reproduction/reinforcement/enhancement system. > And > what you hear in one seat is not what someone hears 10 feet away. > > I tend to agree with The Absolute Sound's definition when the type of > music fits: the sound of real acoustic instruments in real space. > > But most music doesn't fit those restrictions. The sound of an electric > > guitar is the sound of the guitar and its amp, which includes the > distortion of the amp's tubes, and how the speaker does not properly > connect to the air. > > I have never heard a system, no matter how "hi fi" reproduce the sound > of sitting one row in front of four trumpets playing big band jazz > while > I played my trombone. I've heard pretty good approximations, but never > anything that sounds like it really sounds. > > I believe that you can not reproduce a symphonic orchestra in a room > that will fit inside a house, unless it is far bigger than any house > that I've ever been in. > > I have heard systems that can make it sound like a small group is in > the > room when playing bluegrass, or solo guitar, or a jazz trio. At least > to > the point of a willing suspension of disbelief. > > -- > Pat > http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html
"Believing" doesn't necessarily mean the presented sound has to be exactly like some listening position IRL. Just that when you hear it you don't know if you listen to a live performance ot a hifi. BTW, my hifi sounds a lot better than most live electrified performances... So lets add that is needs to be non-electrified instruments. -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28368 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
