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In Reply to: RE: Has anyone ever documented the effects of... posted by gymwear5@hotmail.com on May 06, 2009 at 08:36:03
"This is why a great system or component - in your opinion may not product the same "magic" in someone else's observation - even in the same room with the same system. Engineers know this and can manipulate the sound of their components - if they like - to have more detail, dynamics, air etc."
Agree.
It's my opinion that if someone is just interested in reproducting the waveforms 1 meter in front of a loudspeaker good mid fi equipment with an active eq might be as good as one needs. If one wants super loud and super deep then more costly equipment is appropriate.
I think it should be pretty obvious that most (or at least lots of it) more expensive audio equipment sounds different because it represents the designers take, ie. choice of compromises and preferential colorations.
Given the varied nature of the world of recorded works this seems only a natural response on the part of designers. It's not like there's a universally accepted reference input that determines equipment performance in such a way that the results will lead to a globally preferential product. Sure there's minimalist live recordings and sound effects and test waveforms but these don't really represent the normal recording. In fact the normal recording is something that really can't be universally defined either as it itself becomes somewhat particular to each listener.
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