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In Reply to: It's time to open our eyes and close our wallets! posted by Revelation Man on October 3, 2003 at 10:15:14:
I thought twice about giving you a hard time since it was your first post here, but then I thought it would be unfair to give you special treatment. Your post is very good, by the way, but then you've had years to get it just right. You're probably on revision #489 by now, while I post first drafts with no editing and no speelcheckking because I think the "Preview Message" button is for weenies.To obtain a high quality reproduction of music in your listening room, you must have a high quality recording, whether CD or vinyl, and you must have high quality listening room acoustics.
First, no amount of money spent on components, even the very important speakers, will make a mediocre sounding CD played in a relatively small room with uncontrolled standing waves, for example, room sound realistic.
Second, do you assume your listening room would produce a wonderful sound quality with a live band playing there?
- Many people criticize their system, when in fact, a live band would not sound particularly good in their own room.In general, our relatively small listening rooms with low ceilings can not sound much like a large nightclub or auditorium ... unless the listener is surrounded by speakers. Only surround sound has the potential to reproduce another venue that does not sound like your own room's acoustics -- two speakers can't reproduce the acoustics of another venue in your room.
Third, the visual input of people making music ... makes the music seem more realistic -- back in the 1960's at many hi-fi shows
some speaker companies had string quartets pretending to play their instruments while a tape recording was actually playing through the speakers. People were stunned by how good the speakers sounded when tricked into believing real musicians were playing.In summary, starting with a good recording and good speakers and a good listening room ... it still take's a minimum of five channels and five speakers to create a decent reproduction of what you would hear in a night club or auditorium. You can ask old J. Gordon Holt -- he knows that!
Two-channel stereo is an old dinosaur on it's way out but we just don't realize it yet.
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Follow Ups
- Maybe you never learned WHERE to spend you're audio money? - Richard BassNut Greene 12:07:54 10/03/03 (2)
- Agree, and disagree :-) - Deon C 14:57:52 10/03/03 (1)
- I can't stop myself agreeing with your comments.....nt - feet's too big 16:49:07 10/03/03 (0)
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