highdudgeon;157847 Wrote: > If you get trained musicians to do it, specifically, it would get very > interesting. Why? Because these are people with far more ear training > than any non-musician, and that includes audiophiles I seem to recall that some years back it was noted that many professional (classical) musicians in fact owned pretty low-end stereo systems, and seemed perfectly happy with them. The hypothesis was that these people's training meant that they could mentally "fill in" the missing bits.
highdudgeon;157847 Wrote: > There is this, too: audio systems are ultimately about re-producing a > live (or produced) music experience. We often hear this argument about live music, but I'm beginning to doubt it, at least as far as rock music is concerned (which is my poison of choice). Simple fact of the matter is that the actual sound in a typical rock concert is dreadful. I mean really, really awful. I certainly don't want to replicate that in my living room. Even at my favourite venue (The Stables at Milton Keynes, which is *much* better than most), the sound is still not really that good. (Of course, live classical or acoustic jazz may very well be a different matter. It's been years since I attended either). I feel the purpose of an audio system is to create an enjoyable musical experience at home. The chances of having a similar experience to what you get at a live concert seems vanishingly small to me. That doesn't mean that it can't be just as emotionally rewarding - just in a different way. -- cliveb Performers -> dozens of mixers and effects -> clipped/hypercompressed mastering -> you think a few extra ps of jitter matters? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29025 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
