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Glaring perception

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I suppose perception of glare is subjective, and dependant on the music.

With tonally simpler music, glare is not that perceptible, as there are not that many different types of sounds and textures involved to be differentiated.

The problem is when you have a wide range of orchestral instruments, and some of them bright and piercing like brass. Glare becomes a problem then because it makes everything sound alike. There's more that needs to be differentiated, and glare is preventing it.

I still enjoy CDs of pop music, because I believe that CD glare is FACTORED INTO the engineering and production of a good pop CD, so its part and parcel of the music. Its classical music that CD can't convey, or large jazz ensembles. That's when comparison to the actual reality makes CDs sound glary and undifferentiated.

Also, its good to be impervious to CD glare, then you don't have to upgrade to SACD.


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