Robert E. Greene has a very informative online review of the Graham LS5/9 remakes where raises the issue of imaging as a goal. Imaging is impressive but has little to do with musical fidelity. REG says he carts around a recording of himself playing a three octave scale on a violin and listens to the recording on various speakers. He says some very well-regarded ones come nowhere near getting the timbre right. Now if you went to an opera and the imaging was holographic but Placido Domingo sounded like Bob Dylan, that would be unmusical wouldn't it, even if you could close your eyes and say exactly where he was standing? Maybe that would explain why many famous conductors listen to cheap rigs or don't bother to put their speakers in the 'correct' positions.
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Topic - Is imaging over-rated? - ph5y 09:29:06 04/25/17 (54)
- I used to think so - Bill Way 08:24:52 05/09/17 (1)
- RE: I used to think so - morricab 12:34:53 05/09/17 (0)
- No its...... - Awe-d-o-file 20:57:47 05/08/17 (0)
- RE: Is imaging over-rated? - Finnegan 01:29:22 05/06/17 (0)
- RE: Is imaging over-rated? - Ric 07:03:28 04/29/17 (0)
- No, I think good imaging is orthogonal with; - Timbo in Oz 17:02:24 04/27/17 (2)
- Many good observations here - briggs 17:35:54 04/27/17 (1)
- thank you! - Timbo in Oz 18:03:54 04/27/17 (0)
- RE: Is imaging over-rated? - SgreenP@MSN.com 14:05:20 04/27/17 (0)
- LS5/9 - Frihed89 09:17:46 04/27/17 (1)
- yes, sometimes, and but - Timbo in Oz 18:11:16 04/27/17 (0)
- RE: Is imaging over-rated? - 91derlust 02:36:28 04/27/17 (0)
- RE: Is imaging over-rated? - kavakidd 23:14:44 04/26/17 (0)
- No... it's over STATED - Presto 19:48:52 04/26/17 (0)
- Immerse - G Squared 18:06:44 04/26/17 (0)
- RE: Is imaging over-rated? - fantja 17:35:40 04/26/17 (0)
- RE: Is imaging over-rated? - fantja 17:34:38 04/26/17 (0)
- Yes, IMHO it's a parlor trick inside a parlor trick.... - viridian 15:33:47 04/26/17 (5)
- It's not about what we experience at concerts. - Timbo in Oz 03:43:35 04/28/17 (0)
- RE: Yes, IMHO it's a parlor trick inside a parlor trick.... - hesson11 16:44:06 04/26/17 (3)
- I completely respect your preference..... - viridian 19:38:55 04/26/17 (2)
- I think I see what you mean now - hesson11 10:09:48 04/27/17 (0)
- RE: I completely respect your preference..... - 91derlust 01:43:05 04/27/17 (0)
- Imaging is key to high-fidelity - Duster 09:12:17 04/26/17 (2)
- RE: or High Fidelity is the key to Imaging? - BigguyinATL 10:24:49 04/26/17 (1)
- I agree (nt) - Duster 10:44:10 04/26/17 (0)
- No... - mkuller 08:11:12 04/26/17 (2)
- RE: No... - morricab 12:41:54 05/09/17 (0)
- Strongly Agree---NT - lancelot 11:02:00 04/26/17 (0)
- RE: Is imaging over-rated? - Inmate51 07:53:50 04/26/17 (0)
- For me, yes also. - 91derlust 02:24:11 04/26/17 (2)
- RE: For me, yes also. - b.l.zeebub 06:22:21 04/26/17 (1)
- Not my experience. - 91derlust 13:57:00 04/26/17 (0)
- RE: Is imaging over-rated? - hahax@verizon.net 20:40:30 04/25/17 (0)
- For me, yes - M3 lover 20:28:27 04/25/17 (4)
- 100% - 1973shovel 06:27:00 04/26/17 (3)
- one way to think of it - ph5y 08:29:28 04/26/17 (2)
- Positioning is one thing - 1973shovel 17:34:59 04/26/17 (0)
- Quad ESL 57 - ph5y 08:37:46 04/26/17 (0)
- RE: Is imaging over-rated? - briggs 13:18:40 04/25/17 (0)
- RE: The loudspeakers themselves do not produce an image. - BigguyinATL 11:47:43 04/25/17 (11)
- RE: The loudspeakers themselves do not produce an image. - Inmate51 09:03:58 04/27/17 (2)
- RE: The loudspeakers themselves do not produce an image. - BigguyinATL 11:37:02 04/28/17 (1)
- RE: The loudspeakers themselves do not produce an image. - Inmate51 08:14:56 05/06/17 (0)
- RE: The loudspeakers themselves do not produce an image. - Dave_K 03:42:24 04/27/17 (1)
- RE: Yes All Imagined! - BigguyinATL 11:33:38 04/28/17 (0)
- Really? - hawkmoon 05:02:32 04/26/17 (1)
- RE: Really? - BigguyinATL 08:05:02 04/26/17 (0)
- RE: The loudspeakers themselves do not produce an image. - ahendler 13:13:50 04/25/17 (3)
- RE: The loudspeakers themselves do not produce an image. - BigguyinATL 08:09:04 04/26/17 (1)
- RE: The loudspeakers themselves do not produce an image. - ahendler 19:32:47 04/26/17 (0)
- Anthropocentrism. Literally, semantics. - jusbe 15:17:48 04/25/17 (0)
- Imaging is more the recording engineers department - airtime 11:35:15 04/25/17 (1)
- RE: Imaging is more the recording engineers department - vinyl survivor 12:02:54 04/25/17 (0)