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RE: the sound coming out of your speakers

A good recording is a very accurate storage of the electrical signal that was generated by the microphone in the presents of the original sonic event.

Unless I was the engineer I have no control of how accurate that signal, WRT the original sonic event, is. I can only attempt to accurately reproduce the recording.

It seems you and Stu have given up trying to reach that goal. Instead, it seems that both of you are purposely moving away from that in an attempt to find something that makes you happy.

Fair enough but don't discount those of us who do try to accurately reproduce the recording and thus, if the recording is accurate to the original sonic event, accurately reproduce the original sonic event.

Both ventures are worthwhile. One is a hobby called Hi-Fi (to reach the goal one needs a accurate recording to start with and then an accurate playback system, neither of which are attainable and that's what makes it fun, keeps it interesting) and the other is a hobby I call Happy, Happy Sound Machines (that goal is not defined and therefore one can claim that the goal is reached even when the output sounds nothing like the original or the recording).

Of course, if the goal is Hi-Fi, one needs to know what the original instruments sound like in real life or there's no way to know when one's getting close or is far away. But that's not important if the goal is to create a Happy, Happy Sound Machine.

Have fun.

Tre'


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Edits: 01/10/15 01/10/15
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