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In Reply to: RE: one more thing posted by genungo on December 12, 2014 at 03:27:14
"A system that can make bad recordings sound better might please us but that does not mean it is a good system."Correct but a bad system can't make bad recordings sound better by the very definition of what better means (more like what was recorded).
"I don't believe that any system can make ALL recordings, no matter how good or how bad, sound "good"... or "better". But, that's just my opinion.
So true it can't make recordings that don't sound good sound good but most assuredly it can make ALL recordings sound better (relative to less good stereos).
"So basically, I believe that truly good systems are judged by how cleanly they can translate truly good recordings, not by how much fairy dust they can sprinkle on bad ones. "
Fairy dust? Come on I'm talking about good stereos designed with intelligently selected compromises.
It's fair to assume that better systems do a better job of reproducing good recordings. However that's only 1/2 way there - if there is not a corresponding improvement in bad recordings one needs to be aware that what they perceiving as "improvements" in good recordings are likely colorations or the systems performance is not up to snuff when stressed by lesser or different quality recordings.
One can bias their system around any kind of recordings they want - be it acoustical or Judas Priest records, that's their choice and it's all good. But little information about the systems overall objective performance is revealed this way - nothing wrong with that as this is subjectivist audio. A diverse reference set does a better job of revealing a systems overall performance than does a narrow one.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
Edits: 12/12/14Follow Ups:
Whatever floats your boat.
I'm not talking about my boat - I'm talking about the boat. It's a rare bird that can select the best objectively performing audio equipment based on listening - you or I aren't one of them.
The truth here is you prefer colorations - you've told us so in your comments about how a bad stereo can make a bad recording sound better. And by implication you don't seem to care about how bad a bad recording sounds as long as your good recordings sound better - another admission of a preference for colorations. Now that's your boat.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
Don't tip the boat over!
I could hear it coming!
:)
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