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The "I can listen to it for hours and hours" thing

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Posted on November 29, 2000 at 04:28:10
John


 
Quite a few people employ this argument to depict the sonic excellence or disappointment a given system has delivered to their ears. I have always wondered if one should use this to judge a recording or an equipment. Listening to all but the softest music is "work" for our senses and eventually will cause fatigue. Attending an opera performance that goes on for two and a half hours *will* leave you exhausted, no matter if it's Verdi or Mozart. If one's system allows for a 6 hour Wagner marathon, this may be pleasant for the "chain listener". I.m.o. however, this "quality" does not really say anything about the realism of any music reproduction.

John

 

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Another view, posted on November 29, 2000 at 07:09:17
Gary Susott


 
The listener fatigue I have experienced with 16/44 audio systems is, for me, not the same fatigue I would get at a long live performance. A long live performance may be exhausting and draining, but, for me, it is not irritating in the subtle, subliminal way that 16/44 is irritating.

I recently spent a week or so without listening to my system. When I did listen again, I was reminded of how listenable and unfatiguing SACD is to my ears. Not at all like the bad old days. A system that doesn't irritate my ears, as long as it is good in the other aspects of sound reproduction, is far more valuable and realistic to me than one that does.

 

Re: Another view, posted on November 29, 2000 at 10:22:29
libor


 
That is exactly why we have the SET/horn revolution. People are unable to listen to digital the same way as they have used to an analog. So they are looking for something which would re-woke them the "old" feelings and enjoyment of Music reproduction...
I like SACD very much, but I have to admit, even if it is MUCH better than 16/44, it is not yet that emotional as a good analog...

Libor

 

Re: The "I can listen to it for hours and hours" thing, posted on November 29, 2000 at 15:17:11
Boris


 
I agree with you John. Careful listening to art music is a work, although a very pleasant one. I listen to my classical music very attentively (no bear, wine or cigars, please) and at appropriate time; usually every other weekday for no longer that 30 min (a single piece of music, sonatas for example) and about for one hour on weekends (symphonies, operas and the likes). I need time to digest what I have heard and then I need time to be fresh for the next piece of music. And also I like to know (read) more about the music I am going to listen to and that particular record (performance). All that takes time in between listenings.
That is right, careful listening wear you out even at live concerts, but also it is true that the type of record you are listening to at home can add to it dramatically : LP

 

Actually..., posted on December 3, 2000 at 11:07:46
David W. Robinson


 
...I have gotten *very* emotional over fine SACD recordings in *very* much the same way that I love my fine LPs.

And if it's a DSD recording on SACD, perhaps even a bit more so!

CDs via the Linn CD-12 can be good, just not as good as LPs/SACDs.

Now if Linn just made an SACD-12....

;-)

david

 

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