In Reply to: Re: Which part is the shaky research and logic? posted by Richard BassNut Greene on April 21, 2007 at 07:33:12:
Just a quick point or two:That "music" probably wasn't as "unusual" and weird for the test subjects as it might be for you. (They were Japanese.) You shouldn't get arrogant about your own musical preferences; they are just that, nothing more, even though culturally largely (pre)determined.
And as for "audiophiles," I think to all accounts in Japan you'll be likely to find more of them, and more serious ones, than you do in the U.S. They'd probably think very differently about the suitability of Southeast Asian classical music for audiophile ears.
Moreover, as a footnote one could add that gamelan music has been incorporated into "conventional" Western classical music as well, and wouldn't represent that bizarre an encounter to any friends of Messiaen at least.
TL
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- Re: Which part is the shaky research and logic? - tlyyra 11:42:57 04/21/07 (5)
- How dare you misunderstand my post and then insult me for no reason! - Richard BassNut Greene 07:32:46 04/23/07 (4)
- Re: How dare you misunderstand my post and then insult me for no reason! - tlyyra 10:41:34 04/23/07 (3)
- The air is an excellent ultra-high-frequency absorber -- the data measured at 4 feet from a trumpet are meaningless ... - Richard BassNut Greene 09:22:38 04/24/07 (2)
- The issues, once more - tlyyra 03:04:57 04/25/07 (1)
- I responded to mkuller: "When people add supertweeters, they usually report an increase in sound quality " - Richard BassNut Greene 08:20:59 04/25/07 (0)