In Reply to: Well, you did say... posted by Presto on May 16, 2007 at 11:29:59:
They ain't makin' it.Okay, listen up. You have beer in two states: warm and cold. In either state it's the same beer.
Now, you have a performance of Das Lied to die for. The sound sucks. There's another performance that sucks but sounds great. It's not the same performance. It's entirely different. One cannot be substituted for the other. They are not interchangable. To stretch your impossible analogy, it doesn't taste the same. Warm or cold!
The second one is unlistenable, in glorious sound. If you enjoy that--and if you enjoy not listening to great pop music that was poorly recorded, have fun! Go nuts! Invite your friends! Have a happy life!
I will listen to music I enjoy, the records I enjoy, the performances I enjoy, and if they happen to have good sound I'll enjoy them even more. But I won't drink horse piss because it's cold!
GEDDIT? Jeez Luiz!
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Follow Ups
- Please, for goodness' sake, stop with the analogies already. - markrohr 13:46:59 05/16/07 (9)
- Well I don't drink beer anymore but... - Presto 17:11:45 05/16/07 (8)
- "I really don't think asking for both is as limiting..." I agree with you 100% also - Teresa 01:04:57 05/20/07 (0)
- So you won't listen to a great performance of a classical work, or a killer pop record, unless it sounds good. - markrohr 11:18:22 05/17/07 (6)
- with all the 100's of recordings this old MONO "Das Lied" is the ONLY one that has ever moved you. - Teresa 01:09:36 05/20/07 (0)
- That depends on how you feel about being called an audiophile I suppose!! :o) - Presto 16:55:14 05/17/07 (4)
- If "improvements" to your system make iffy records sound worse . . . - markrohr 05:32:18 05/18/07 (3)
- No, having more than one system is the ONLY direction - Presto 10:23:44 05/18/07 (2)
- Re: No, having more than one system is the ONLY direction - markrohr 12:01:26 05/18/07 (1)
- Re: No, having more than one system is the ONLY direction - Presto 13:38:28 05/18/07 (0)