pfarrell;412126 Wrote: > Teus de Jong wrote: > > discussion is that I'm afraid a lot of people won't know the > difference > > between the sound of a real Steinway and the sometimes totally > distorted > > version some amplifiers make of them. > > When my daughter was trying to get into music schools (trumpet), we > recorded her playing at the home of a professional accompanist. This > woman was a music professor at a nearby university, and played all the > usual places (Kennedy Center, etc.). She had a full size grand piano > in > her living room. It wasn't a Steinway, I forget, maybe a Bösendorfer. > > I'll never forget the sound of her playing with me sitting on the > sofa. > Amazing. And no stereo that I've ever heard has replicated it. > > > -- > Pat Farrell > http://www.pfarrell.com/
I could not agree more with this observation. Live music can not be replicated in your living room. Every DAC design is someones view of how the digital version should be shaded. -- Mongo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mongo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6329 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61877
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