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Stereophile Test CD1 has the same performance heard by different kinds of mics

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Jay Buridan

In Reply to: RE: Do Microphones "Hear" Like The Human Ear/Brain Does? posted by thetubeguy1954 on March 25, 2011 at 13:08:42

and the mics sound so different from one another -- it convinced me that a musical reproduction system is like a musical instrument.

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RE: Stereophile Test CD1 has the same performance heard by different kinds of mics - b.l.zeebub 13:08:25 05/23/11 (1)
Very true that all microphones sound different, picking the right one for the source is a major part of the of the art of recording but that does in no way mean that musical reproduction is like a musical instrument. Once the mic is chosen, the instrument recorded and the album mixed that is it, all the HiFi can do is to reproduce the result of that as faithfully as possible.

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- Or to reproduce the result however one likes best - Jay Buridan 15:23:21 05/23/11 (0)
  I just don't think that 'the way a recording really sounds' means anything or refers to anything real.
Wow. It's been a long time - Presto 16:48:55 05/10/11 (1)
since I read a post and knew the writer was enlightened.

Instruments all have a characteristic waveforms - harmonic structures and other attributes which make them have a uniquely identifiable sound.

In that sense, every unique stereo system is indeed an instrument, which takes the sounds of OTHER instruments, and changes them.

Cheers,
Presto
- Thanks for the kind words :) - Jay Buridan 17:35:56 05/10/11 (0)
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