I'm not a fan of multi channel setups. I prefer putting the money in a good stereo setup. This is partly a economical decision, partly my old prejudices from the bad old days when the first 4 channel setups came. It was impossible to find a production where you did not sit _in_ the orchestra. To put it simple, it was crap.
I realise this has changed, I have heard good multi channel productions, but I stay away from because of the money involved. In my ears they don't sound decent before you invest a five figure number. But this is simply my taste. Do I need my asbestos outfit because I stated this? I have it here, but I believe I will have a hard time getting into it after the Christmas pudding ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. C. O'Connell Sent: 3. januar 2007 16:47 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: OT: Occupations? I have two turntable setups, one optimized for stereo LPs and one optimized for mono LPs. There were too many great mono LPs in the 50's and 60's to not hear them as good as possible. Mono LPs sound much better using a dedicated mono cartridge. The only thing I havent done is use a single speaker in the middle for mono playback, due to ergonomics and economics. As far as mulichannel goes, the more the better, but the problem is there is very very little good multichannel software you can buy. Stereo recordings still are the vast majority of all high quality music recordings ever made and will be so for quite some time to come. jco -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DagT Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:09 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Occupations? I wouldn't. I have never been to a concert where the musicians stood in one line behind the front person, but I've been to a lot where they stood in distributed in a plane in front of me. Vocal in the middle, guitar to the right, backing vocals a little bit further away etc... DagT > Fra: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > You, know what? That is exactly what I said when stereo came out. > Truth > be known, I still would rather have a good mono system. > > > DagT wrote: > >> Fra: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> On 1/3/07, DagT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> I find it very convenient to have just plain stereo. Even with DVDs > >> and all these multi channel sound tracks I get certain degree of > >> reality. Of course 5+1 or 6+1 setup of similar quality would do > >> better, but it will be real big PITA to haul this thing from one > >> rented apartment to another ;-). > > > > Another thing is that the number of speakers will dominate your > > livingroom .-) > > > > I have no intention to get more than two channels for listening to > > music. Music has always been made and arranged so that we have the > > sound coming from a large or small scene so that is enough. Also, a > > good pair of speakers can make an illustion of three dimensions so > > you can hear the singer is standing close to you or at a distance. > > > > Sorround systems may be OK for movies, but I do not want to feel > > that I am part of orchestra. I want to be at one of the first seats > > in front of it .-) > > > > DagT > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
