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In Reply to: RE: Isn't "live sound" rarely "live, but through mikes and speakers"? posted by Edp on January 09, 2015 at 09:28:39
Years ago, after listening quite happily to my system for hours and reveling in how good it sounded, I went out for a beer.
When I got to the bar there was a guy in the corner playing guitar and he was accompanied by a female vocalist.
There was no amplification of any kind.
My system sounded like crap in comparison.
I ended up drinking quite a few beers.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
Follow Ups:
"My system sounded like crap in comparison."
It shouldn't have. Perhaps the recordings you were using were crap.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
I still play the same records today and they sound stellar.
At the time (1980ish) I had a Nikko NA-780 integrated amp, a pair of Yamaha NS5 speakers and a BIC 940 turntable with an Ortofon FF15XE cartridge.
The trip to the bar was enlightening. My system was crap.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
I know that some of my past setups sounded good to me at the time, but were trash in retrospect.
These days, I really only care about one thing: does it develop an adequate sense of presence to evoke a positive emotional response? Does listening to a piece of music produce goosebumps every so often? If a system does that, I really don't think it reasonable to expect anything further. Problem is, that's a moving target.
It's all good.
...are key. I'd rather not have a system than have one that couldn't give me goosebumps on occasion.
Little Feat: Waiting For Columbus; Mercenary Territory. Goosebumps, every time.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
...see them live, did you?
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