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In Reply to: RE: Mejias' budget system posted by Bill the K on October 03, 2012 at 20:40:18
i for one have had the opportunity to hear at length the psb alphas and have owned more than one nad amp. and YES they are musical and enjoyable.
stephen is a musician and in that light should be commended for having a halfway decent sounding system which MANY musicians do not nor even care about having one. they put their interest into the music and listen for different things than the usual music lover does.
i am sure that someday he will venture into some higher end stuff like henry rollins and his wilson audio speakers etc. i can enjoy music on a lesser system than my own and of course better ones too. i am amazed at how good my computer system sounds and it just has klipsch comp speakers of not high cost.
point and laugh if you will, its really all about the music.
...regards...tr
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And not one of them a viola player. A drummer or two, of course.
Weekend sopranos who take lessons and nothing changes.
When I was younger and a bachelor and sniffin' round like you do, there were a lot of good looking sopranos. I never told it to chuck it, if I thought I could .... it.
Now I do. Even if I'd have liked to, 'cos I don't HAVE to!
see?! ;-)!
Warmest
Timothy Bailey
The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger
And gladly would he learn and gladly teach - Chaucer. ;-)!
'Still not saluting.'
I have the opposite reaction, I wonder why they don't. Even if they get no pleasure from good sound -- which seems a little strange to me, given the work that musicians put into producing a beautiful tone from a very expensive instrument -- a good system is more revealing of the details of performance practice.
I wasn't commenting about their home audio systems!
;-)!
Warmest
Timothy Bailey
The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger
And gladly would he learn and gladly teach - Chaucer. ;-)!
'Still not saluting.'
What you said here tommy, is only partially right:
"MANY musicians do not nor even care about having one. they put their interest into the music and listen for different things than the usual music lover does."
You have the musicians part right on, but not the music lover part. Substitute the words "music lover" for "audiophile" and you will be correct. As a music lover myself, I do listen for the same things you cool musician types do.
If someone likes the way their rig sounds, I say all the better for them. They are lucky enough to be happy with the sound and can actually listen to and enjoy the music played through it, and not fret, hoping that the next upgrade will get them there.
you can state now what it is that you listen for. i will reveal what i am referring to after your answer, and i will be honest.
...regards...tr
Tommy, as you were not explicit in your statement, I guess the burden is on you to explain what you meant. Music to me is like a piece of art, the meaning of which can be interpreted as the listener sees fit. One only needs to Google A Whiter Shade Of Pale to understand what I am talking about. Now please do come back and school me how there is some deeper understanding or appreciation among musicians that a music lover like myself simply would not understand.
many times the musicians are listening to the structure of the music, the punctuations they call a dynamic, techniques of writing or performance. they dissect the music in ways we music lovers don't usually do.
we music lovers usually are affected by the totality of the performance and not its anatomy. having formal music education (or the experience of playing the music) can make you analytical like that.
...regards...tr
Musicality is what we extract, not what the system provides.
nt
I just discoved my cheapie HT stuff, $300 Yamaha HT Receiver, $300 Polk 5.1 speakers, don't sound so bad.
I don't care about it much, and the FM performance isn't inspiring ...
But via a USB DAC playing Internet Radio out of my laptop it sounds surprisingly good!
"Can you support that with measurements?"
"Yes, I sit 3m from my speakers and definately hear that there is more bass." - anonymous
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