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In Reply to: Probably depends a lot on the kind of music you listen to... posted by David Spear on October 2, 2002 at 19:49:14:
Whenever we make a recording, - we try to be faithful to the song as written. Not trying to make it live. There are many things that the song demands, - adding a trumpet part or something, - that isn't really a part of our normal, everyday, live band. So, we either, - struggle mightly, - and try to play the trumpet, or hire a trumpet player.Besides us, studio engineers, musicians and producers use "devices" to try to make the recording LESS accurate and more pleasing. Yes, they come into conflict sometimes. One great example is "de-S-ing" devices, - designed to cut the "sizzle" or "hiss" from vocalists when they sing. As Tom Brennan mentioned below as well, almost all recorded cymbals sound "better" or "cleaner" on recordings than they do "live."
So, you can make a "high-end" music playback system super "accurate" with the intention of fooling folks with a blind test, - is it the ACTUAL instrument here, - or this $560,000 system? But, you had better have the goal, some amazing recording equipment, and some amazing engineers on board in the RECORDING PROCESS.
I believe that most audiophile music playback manufacturers attempt to build a system that they think is reasonably accurate AND also sounds pleasing. It's also difficult for to build a consensus on whether or not a recording is accurate, and whether or not the equipment playing it back is more accurate...
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- Me too.... - Sordidman 20:57:53 10/02/02 (0)
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