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In Reply to: Almost completely disagree though I can't question personal preference posted by Feanor on February 20, 2024 at 04:57:35:
Yeah me too on the disagree part.
First re. Amir, what I mean was, "Amir would hear what the recording sounds like without reproduction chain component modification"; (minor typo).
Its the "reproduction chain component modification" part that I am not getting. Again its unlikely that he has the same gear that the recording was mastered on and even if it was exact, thats just a handfull of recordings and even then his hearing is going to be different than the engineers.
After that I start to disagree. In the first place, most "fiddling" with the sound isn't going to work, possibly excepting very simple fixes such as EQing the FR to you preference. But you aren't going to fix, say, the perspective that the engineers created -- by this I mean was sound intended to be "close up" or "10th-row orchestra".
Actually I have the Black Ice soundstage expander and my headphone amp has a crossfeed circuit. Both are adjustable and you would be surprised at how much control one has on how close up everything is. I use headphones exclusively now, but I am betting that the same would be the case with speakers. Also, when I had speakers you absolutely could change the close up or 10th row by how you set them up. Not saying that is practical for each song like the current setup is but I was able to set up nearfield and everything was close up. Now since its headphones (electrostatic earbuds mostly) and everything is in the head I adjust things to give a further view of things...
Ultimately if you don't like the sound of the accurately reproduced recording, find a different recording Guessing you listen to classical primarily. Other genres don't have that luxury and I would wager over 99% of my collection has one and only one recording.
BTW I have some studio gear which I assume to be neutral and when I listen to that it never sounds as good as the adjusted sound particularly on the bass. Said another way, IMHO bass boost at a minimum is necessary with headphones.
Cut to razor sounding violins
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- RE: Almost completely disagree though I can't question personal preference - Dawnrazor 08:40:10 02/20/24 (1)
- Like I said, I can't question personal preference ~nt - Feanor 04:17:16 02/21/24 (0)
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