In Reply to: RE: Has Magnepan solved the "Maggie Grain" issue? posted by farfetched on February 17, 2025 at 10:05:56:
That's why I don't listen to opera :-)
No, seriously, there are so many variables. A month ago my system was just sounding "fuzzy". It was very cold outside and heat was cranking all the time and humidity in my listening room went down to 11-13%. So I got a humidifier and got it up to 25-30%. Sounds wonderful now!
And like you say, maybe people really have never heard a voice or instrument up close. My benchmark recordings all are very well-recorded acoustic instruments in live acoustic spaces.
And I had a unique experience today ... yesterday I attended a concert with a small chamber orchestra. I was in the 6th row. They live-streamed it and the audio was recorded with just two microphones over the orchestra. So today I watched the stream on YouTube. It sounded very much like the live performance played back on my system ... with differences attributable to the mic position over the orchestra, and probably limited bitrate from YouTube. But it sounded really good!
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- RE: Has Magnepan solved the "Maggie Grain" issue? - MarcL 14:18:02 02/17/25 (1)
- RE: Has Magnepan solved the "Maggie Grain" issue? - farfetched 06:26:06 02/18/25 (0)