Speaker Asylum

RE: "...after that, listening to any recording of the piece is like eating cardboard."

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John Elison

In Reply to: RE: "...after that, listening to any recording of the piece is like eating cardboard." posted by genungo on November 15, 2014 at 11:17:45

The problem is that the majority of live music today is amplified and fed through speakers. Unless the live performance is purely acoustic and unamplified, I find my own stereo system sounds better than any live amplified performance I've ever attended. YMMV

Good luck,
John Elison

Follow Ups:

RE: "...my own stereo system..." - genungo 17:18:18 11/15/14 (1)
Are you saying that your speakers can filter out some of the badness?
- RE: "...my own stereo system..." - John Elison 18:28:07 11/15/14 (0)
  No, I'm saying that my speakers sound better and play with less distortion than any speakers I've heard in live amplified concerts. The only live concerts that have impressed me sonically were symphony orchestras in a good symphony hall. My system does not measure up to a live symphony orchestra when it plays loud.
RE: "...after that, listening to any recording of the piece is like eating cardboard." - rbolaw 16:55:41 11/15/14 (0)
Upon returning home after seeing the Lion King on Broadway, I put on the original cast CD. No comparison, the CD was vastly superior. I could clearly hear all of the lyrics, where that was not entirely the case in the theater. I don't think you need the world's best audio system for that to be the case.
Not long go I attended a concert by a group led by a fine young professional musician who happened to be the daughter of a well known high end audio manufacturer. The father was not only in attendance, he also took care of the sound system for the concert. In that case, the sound quality was unusually good. But even then, there were balance issues and some other minor problems that would not have been in a professional recording. In fairness, the father was moonlighting. If he provided the sound for concerts as a full time job, you can bet it would be very good.

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