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In Reply to: RE: I wonder... posted by tomservo on April 07, 2015 at 13:18:08
Irony indeed. We can record 130 plus decibels on a Blue Ray, and the idiot powers that be force engineers to produce 2 db of dynamics where everything screams at you all at one.
Deplorable.
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Yeah it is so weird, it's kind of like they perfected the paper making process just as the artists switched to drawing with burnt sticks and feces.
People wonder why music often doesn't sound "real" haha
Even with simple passive networks of yesteryear, the most "real" sounding music I have had in my listening room in the last 40 years have come from Jazz recordings, instrumentals or vocals, through speakers you have designed. This comes from a music lover with an engineering, trumpet, and drums in his musical background. We won't even discuss the garage band periods.Even though we have diminishing returns in 24 bit depth and enough 192 Khz. resolution to please the world's bat population (overkill IMHO) music recordists don't even take full dynamic advantage of the "lowly" CD!! As former member of the AES in the mid 70's, I remember hearing a DBX compander system, which gave us a glimpse into what the upcoming CD might sound like..............amazing over Khorns at the time.
Well recorded DYNAMICS over horn loaded speakers is the only thing that can give us any illusion of reality. Everything else sounds soft and laid back to my ears. Most "audiophiles" simply don't get it and never will.
I really got a laugh with your burnt stick analogy. LOL.
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Having had AER/back-loaded horns in the past, and listened to many examples, I had recently drifter away from horns for any number of reasons (can't accommodate things like Bionors or find ones like TP1s or Hegemans, etc).
But a friend is going through the process of slowly modifying his Klipsch Khorns with ALK crossovers, and B&C drivers. Combined with his high-mass plattered Garrard 401, I was completely bowled over by a sound I've not heard since listening to Vitavox-based horn systems. Effortless dynamics, tonally accurate and easy-sounding waves of sound - without honk, shout or other parasitic noises. Just great.
Now my recently acquired stacked ESL57s seem something of a diversion from 'the path'.
Big J
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
Hi Claude!
I remember as my audio system slowly became better and better. I noticed I was purchasing less & less Progressive Rock ---{ which I really love to this day }--- by YES, EL&P, Genesis, Triumvirate etc. and more & more Jazz! The Jazz just sounded much better to these ears. It took awhile for the Prog-Rock to wane and Jazz to wax. But, thankfully due to the much better sonics of Jazz recordings, not as long as I would have thought!
I'm listening to Afterdark by Halie Loren
Thetubeguy1954 (Tom Scata)
Central Florida Audio Society -- SETriodes Group -- Space Coast Audio Society
Full-range/Wide-range Drivers --- Front & Back-Loaded Horns --- High Sensitivity Speakers
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