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In Reply to: RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around." posted by Analog Scott on July 28, 2015 at 15:47:13:
Live and recorded sound quality are both judgeable, IMO.I will decide if the performance itself is bad, mediocre, or good. I will decide if a live acoustic performance is taking place in an favorable acoustic setting or an unfavorable one. If the performance is an amplified one, I will decide if the amplified sound is well-balanced and coherent. Ditto for any recording that is marketed as sounding like some live musical event.
I must judge everything according to the standards I formulate and the memories I entertain, but I would hope that both of these things are grounded in reality somehow. I respect the *real*, and I try to honor the intentions of the recording engineers, if honorable they are.
Of course it is my *subjective evaluation* saying that not all live performances and not all acoustic venues are created equal. Hopefully, my subjective evaluations will at all times be informed ones though.
Maybe I'm an optimist and you're a pessimist?
Edits: 07/28/15 07/28/15
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- RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around." - genungo 15:59:30 07/28/15 (51)
- RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around." - Analog Scott 17:12:07 07/28/15 (14)
- RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around." - genungo 17:45:13 07/28/15 (13)
- RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around." - Analog Scott 18:40:16 07/28/15 (12)
- RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around." - genungo 22:15:52 07/28/15 (10)
- RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around." - Analog Scott 22:54:57 07/28/15 (9)
- RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around." - Chris from Lafayette 12:24:53 07/29/15 (7)
- It's no use, Chris... - genungo 06:42:06 07/30/15 (0)
- RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around." - Analog Scott 13:08:59 07/29/15 (5)
- RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around." - Chris from Lafayette 19:11:12 07/29/15 (4)
- RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around." - Analog Scott 19:38:43 07/29/15 (3)
- "But accuracy for the sake of accuracy is misguided" - Chris from Lafayette 11:11:50 07/30/15 (2)
- RE: "But accuracy for the sake of accuracy is misguided" - Analog Scott 11:56:22 07/30/15 (1)
- Yup! [nt] ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 16:00:51 07/30/15 (0)
- Whatever, Scott... - genungo 23:14:32 07/28/15 (0)
- RE: "As far as I'm concerned audio is there to serve my aesthetics not the other way around." - A.Wayne 19:32:59 07/28/15 (0)
- Great discussion - and I hope you don't mind my jumping in - Chris from Lafayette 17:02:04 07/28/15 (35)
- RE: Great discussion - and I hope you don't mind my jumping in - Analog Scott 17:30:12 07/28/15 (33)
- RE: Great discussion - and I hope you don't mind my jumping in - Chris from Lafayette 20:19:28 07/28/15 (32)
- I think the audiophile axiom of accuracy as a goal in audio needs to be questioned - Analog Scott 20:32:51 07/28/15 (31)
- Well-said and agreed. nt - David Smith 22:33:30 07/28/15 (0)
- RE: "I don't care about accuracy" - genungo 20:49:50 07/28/15 (29)
- RE: "I don't care about accuracy" - Analog Scott 20:54:09 07/28/15 (28)
- To an extent, I do. - vinyl survivor 00:03:08 07/29/15 (22)
- RE: To an extent, I do. - Analog Scott 05:57:34 07/29/15 (20)
- RE: To an extent, I do. - vinyl survivor 13:12:05 07/29/15 (1)
- RE: To an extent, I do. - Analog Scott 16:58:54 07/29/15 (0)
- RE: To an extent, I do. - Chris from Lafayette 11:25:48 07/29/15 (17)
- RE: To an extent, I do. - Analog Scott 22:05:06 07/29/15 (3)
- So you don't mind piano recordings with the treble on the right and bass on the left? [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 11:15:57 07/30/15 (2)
- RE: So you don't mind piano recordings with the treble on the right and bass on the left? [nt] - Analog Scott 12:45:42 07/30/15 (1)
- OK - If that's true, then I stand corrected [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 15:38:16 07/30/15 (0)
- Bingo - vinyl survivor 21:51:10 07/29/15 (0)
- RE: To an extent, I do. - Analog Scott 13:16:33 07/29/15 (11)
- RE: To an extent, I do. - Tre' 19:26:33 07/29/15 (1)
- RE: To an extent, I do. - Analog Scott 19:44:13 07/29/15 (0)
- Nobody wants an accurate rendering of bad sound - see my post above [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 19:15:12 07/29/15 (8)
- RE: Nobody wants an accurate rendering of bad sound - see my post above [nt] - Analog Scott 19:42:45 07/29/15 (7)
- OK - I'm going to use another word in preference to "bad" - Chris from Lafayette 11:46:18 07/30/15 (6)
- RE: OK - I'm going to use another word in preference to "bad" - Analog Scott 12:54:12 07/30/15 (5)
- What I LIKE about that Sawallisch/Philadelphia recording. . . - Chris from Lafayette 15:57:51 07/30/15 (4)
- RE: What I LIKE about that Sawallisch/Philadelphia recording. . . - Analog Scott 19:19:29 07/30/15 (3)
- I hear you, but. . . - Chris from Lafayette 00:10:51 07/31/15 (2)
- RE: I hear you, but. . . - Analog Scott 05:54:47 07/31/15 (1)
- Yes I'd seen that clip before and it's fascinating - Chris from Lafayette 11:54:54 07/31/15 (0)
- RE: To an extent, I do. - genungo 01:36:53 07/29/15 (0)
- RE: "I don't care about accuracy" - genungo 21:50:36 07/28/15 (4)
- RE: "I don't care about accuracy" - Analog Scott 22:05:49 07/28/15 (3)
- RE: "I don't care about accuracy" - genungo 23:03:12 07/28/15 (2)
- RE: "I don't care about accuracy" - Analog Scott 23:11:35 07/28/15 (1)
- Good night - genungo 00:40:38 07/29/15 (0)
- RE: Great discussion - genungo 17:28:33 07/28/15 (0)