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In Reply to: RE: JAZZ- yes Hip Hop- no posted by lokie on September 26, 2014 at 05:30:57
... a good system will make it sound better. Of course, the system components could likely to be tuned to the musical preference of the listener, such as ...
- single coned Lowthers and SET amps for chamber quartets
- horns and cones for rock and roll, and maybe hip-hop/rap
- panels for classical, and maybe jazz
A gentleman is best defined as someone who knows how to play the accordion ... and doesn't.
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.., I've found that my systems only make certain aspects of the recording sound better.More specifically, with low-fi Hip Hop recordings and other recordings designed to sound *correct* only on low-fi systems, the bass will sound strong and great but the mids and highs will sound imbalanced. Because my systems do not sound like boomboxes or car radios, "imbalanced" is the way those recordings should be expected to sound on my systems.
When someone asks me to play certain types of low-fi recordings on my system I will usually oblige, and they usually comment on how much better their recordings sound on one of my systems...
I usually hear things differently, though. While they're gushing over the sound of their low-fi Hip Hop or Country albums being played back on my systems, I'm usually thinking, "Gad, this person is either delusional or is on hallucinogenic drugs... or both!"
Edits: 09/26/14
The one thing that I *always* find less tolerable on a high-end system is vocals processed with Auto-Tune.... Regardless of who is singing or how much is applied..... A resolving system brings forth a static-like "grit" riding over the vocal. The artifact is virtually inaudible on less-resolving gear. But the "locking effect" on the notes/pitch is annoying on all gear, even via a cheap radio.
"I usually hear things differently, though. While they're gushing over the sound of their low-fi Hip Hop or Country albums being played back on my systems, I'm usually thinking, "Gad, this person is either delusional or is on hallucinogenic drugs... or both!""
What are you judging here? The person is complimenting your system and is knowledgeable to understand that it does sound better. He's not delusional or on hallucinogenic drugs.
It's a victory for audiophiles when young people hear their music on audiophile systems and it actually sounds good to them.
How good a good system sounds on recordings it is bias'd around is irrelevant if someone is not interested or could care less about the music on those recordings.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
Actually, I don't know that and neither do you.That said, I really don't care how anyone else hears things. My job, as far as I'm concerned, is to make my system sound as good and as right as possible with the majority of the recordings that I own and like.
And - you guessed it! I don't own many Hip Hop recordings. As a matter of fact I think I own a grand total of one Hip Hop album, and that one is a Blue Note LP recording that actually has pretty decent sound. Although I'm always open to new experiences, I really don't get much exposure to certain musical genres. I'm too busy trying to keep up with listening to the rarely played or unplayed albums that I've already got.
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"Actually, I don't know that and neither do you."
LOL but you're the one who said -
"Gad, this person is either delusional or is on hallucinogenic drugs... or both!"
As a matter of fact when composing my response I was thinking you're the one who is delusional or is on hallucinogenic drugs...or both.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
Actually, I can only guess about the others. I'm never absolutely sure, I only suspect.
As for me? Well, I'm not tellin'...
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