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In Reply to: RE: If primarily you listen to rock, are you wasting your money in the high-end? posted by tinear on December 08, 2014 at 16:41:14
As a bass guitarist of 26+ years, I have searched for that elusive tone in my basses, amps and effects. Ironically, much in the same way some audiophiles search for a sound that is "just right", whether it is accurate or not...
Having said that, most musicians that gain an understanding of how their amp(s) react to their personal touch and playing style on an instrument search for that elusive tone (again) in their respective equipment. They are trying to create a sound that fits their tastes and needs. Music playback is the reproduction of those tones and should (in the rarely ideal world) not alter or distort that tone in any way, shape or fashion. I too, as a music lover and long time record collector/listener, want gear that will get me closer to the studio playback experience (in my case, usually with a given and limited budget).
So, if one is not wasting money on equipment, they aren't hearing what a rock musician or artist or producer or record company bean-counter (there is a difference!) intended.
I don't think it is a waste at all. What I find a waste is great music that is badly recorded (or worse, MASTERED!)...
YMMV,
Dman
Analog Junkie
Follow Ups:
You confuse production with reproduction.
Production of a musical event (in the case of our genre here, ROCK) starts at the guitar/bass and amplifier. There are distortions inherent there that are used for the production of music.
Playback (or reproduction) should be as the metaphorical window- a clear view into the recording, and thus the gear at the playback end should be as transparent as possible, adding nothing (or little) of its own sonic signature to the music.
Did I miss something? LOL
Dman
Analog Junkie
AS if when listening to "rock" music on a better system one would expect the system to ignore the "dirtying" of an amplifiers sound when that IS the sound of the performance? If the system cannot reproduce the sound of the "dirty" amplifier (whatever the hell that is) then the system is useless. The "dirty" amplifier is as much a part of the performance as the rosin on a bow.
The system's job is to reproduce what was produced.
I am mystified at how your comment could be said to be confusing reproduction with production when that is exactly what you were attempting to differentiate.
Oh, well ...
nt
Dman
Analog Junkie
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