Sounds reasonable to me. Still, though, being a guitarist like yourself (and violinist), I think I'm perhaps more aware of some fine points of instrument reproduction -- as opposed to audiophile stuff -- AND the slight business of mic set up, etc., than others. I couldn't say the same for the piano, even though my wife is an excellent pianist and we have an oft-played baby grand in the living room. Good point, though. Everything is a matter of practice.
I do think the the one sine qua non is just having experience of live music. If only for your soul, right? tomjtx;158098 Wrote: > > cliveb;157992 Wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > As a classical musician, I resemble that remark:-) > > > > I completely agree. This was 1st pointed out to me by a hi-end dealer > > in Seattle in the 70's > > > > I spent a summer there doing a lot of "audiophile" ear training so that > > I didn't fill in the parts. > > He was the 1st to teach me about soundstaging, imaging etc. > > > > Anyone can train their ear if they work at it and a bit of help from > > someone knowledgable goes a long way. > > Once the brain knows what to listen for it is a lot easier to hear > > it.Musicians might have a slight INITIAL advantage in audio ear > > training since they are already used to ear training > > eg. training the mind / ear connection, but I think that advantage is > > leveled out after a short time if one works at it.> > -- highdudgeon Relax. It's about the music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ highdudgeon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2195 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
