Robin Bowes;542877 Wrote: > On 03/05/10 09:41, audiomuze wrote: > > > > mswlogo;542833 Wrote: > >> Hotel California DVDA is a really great disc. O > > On the contrary I find it to be pretty loud and lacking subtlety and > > inevitably turn it down when it starts because it jumps right out at > > you. I much prefer the MoFi CD which I find a far more pleasant > > listening experience. > > I think what this demonstrates is that some folk prefer a compressed > sound while others prefer a more natural sound. > > This is personal preference. > > I prefer the latter; mswlogo seems to prefer the former. > > R.
To be really picky, unless you are talking about a crossed-pair 2-track recording (or a soundfield job) in a real ambience with no EQ, reverb etc there is no "natural"... there is just "engineered"... :-) Most people wouldn't like the natural (untreated) sound of a pop/rock band without EQ and (especially) compression! And before anyone says "What about the Beatles?" - their early recordings have all manner of EQ, compression etc on them - much of it enforced by the microphones, mixing consoles, guitars, amplifiers and tape decks of the day - you couldn't get a "neutral" sound to build from so you had to work round that. The reason they sound good? - a lot of care was taken in the performance, recording, mixing and mastering. This was a long time before the "fix it in the mix" mentality became popular... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77725 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
