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In Reply to: RE: Is it all simple as that ? posted by beppe61 on June 26, 2014 at 23:12:48
For the rest of us, the real test is in the listening.Good recordings can make almost any system sound better. The starting point is good recordings. If they had more good recordings to listen to, the distortion/noise geeks might be able to figure things out while using music as a reference.
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Hello, and thanks
Well ... this statement deserves more discussion (not that the other ones are less interesting, like the one of Mr. Sudz. I can confirm that they are very good at smoking salmons indeed).
I have to say that i am listening to this "Blue Coast Collection" cd ... and actually it translates (now that i have learned this term i use it also with my girlfriend) seriously ... even on my weird system it sounds not bad at all.
Great cd indeed ! beautiful music and great sound capture !
And they say that hifi is a men's world ...
I think that the speakers are quite transparent because i hear differences in sound from when it is cold and after some hours (quite better after warm-up).To end ... if this is true better to focus on recordings ?
Thanks a lot.
Kind regards,
bg
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It has long been known that, when the horse is placed in front of the cart, things roll more smoothly.
Hi and thank you again very much
Actually i had this feeling
And another issue is time ... i have noticed that when a system is used regularly it tends to sound better ... things smooth out a little
I think i have to pay more attention to recordings ... and less to equipment
Thanks a lot again
Kind regards,
bg
I have to say this alternative is my nirvana. Once I got my setup arranged so most anything sounds great i am HAPPY.
No need to be in the 'perfect reproduction' camp: thus 80% of all recordings SUCK and are unlistenable.
I'll take my slightly euphonic twist and be happy to say now 99% of all recordings are good sounding. I am HAPPY.
Great musci sounds better. And I have NO NEED to seek out 'great recordings' to be able to stand listening. Which is a laugh on all those with such systems. Where they have only a few dozen recordings they can stand to listen to without turning green. LOLAdeed: also this causes me to question what one person would call a great system vs another persons notion.. But that is another thread.
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... without compromising accuracy and transparency.
Simply put, 99% are not "good"; at most maybe it's 80% that are adequate. If you strive for 99% to sound "good", you are relegating 50% or more to sounding less good then they are inherently.
I love the music of ... ... Gustav Mahler
Hi and yes you are right
The better system sound better with every recordings
But i have to say that i have heard good music and not just sounds from set-ups that i would have dumped on the basis of their appearance (and cost)
I remember a 100 USD Technics complete system mid size 2nd hand
The cd was very good ... it was Bob Marley singing
Great recording indeed
It made me almost dancing in the shop
I did not buy it, wrongly, because i did not like at all the flat cables connections between the different pieces
I made a big mistake ... that humble system was making very good music
But the cd was also good.
Now when i want to buy something i take two or three very good cds with me
I like to find cheap little gems and save them from the garbage bin
Kind regards,
bg
Couldn't agree more. If less than 80-90% of one's recordings are not enjoyable then either one has been a fool in purchasing recordings or one has yet to figure out how to assemble and voice a decent playback system. When it comes to recordings I have much more of a problem with music and performance than I do with sound quality.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
I am not about to put myself on a restricted diet (of recordings). My record collection will continue to grow regardless of the state of the recording industry. At the same time, I want to know if my system is capable of exploiting whatever it might be that the truly good recordings have to offer. I will continue to try to find the balance as a "balancing act" is required. At the same time, I try not to forget that such a troublesome act would be unnecessary if there were no bad recordings.
Let's keep on pushing forward.
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