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The other day, a friend oversaw the Rush "R30" Neil Peart drum solo on my PC, and he commented: "Wow, that's one of few times I've seen Peart and was impressed. That solo is FAR better than the one you played about a month ago.... FAR better."I then told him- "That was the same clip you saw a month ago. From Rush 'R30'". It is the only Peart drum solo I have stored on my PC.
Needless to say, he was surprised at what I told him. When he saw the acoustic performance by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson after that, he realized it was the same clip. Aside from refining the playback on the PC, which I think has improved considerably, everything else was the same.
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Todd,Only 3 more days until S&A's hits the stores. God I'm hoping they addressed the horrendous recording quality of VT. I like the music on VT but the sonics are so bad I rarely listen to it.
Fingers crossed,
Far Cry is currently one of my favorite songs!! I hope the rest of the CD is as good.
Just another example that one of the biggest variables in audio is ourselves and our attention, mood, rest, blood sugar level, etc.
That and background noise level in the house are two very defining variables for 'my system now sounds so much better...due to this tweak or this burn in....the equipment doesn't change - the listener does!
Bill
I don't quite know how to read your post, but if you are saying that fussing with the playback on your pc improved it to the point that your friend, who heard the "unrefined" version was now more impressed by the music (due to your fussing with the playback), then play him a piece of crappy music (an amateur drummer, something) that you have likewise refined and ask him to compare it to the 'unrefined' version of the (presumably) great music. If he is more impressed by the better recording of crap, then to me that points out a set of judgements that, while they may be typical of audiophiles, are out of kilter with what's "really" important--ie the music. However I am writing this Friday night after work and it's been a hard week, so if you mean the opposite of my interpretation, I agree with you 1000%.
A month ago, he thought the performance was nothing special. The other day, he thought the performance was musically satisfying. It was the same drum solo, he sensed merely "banging on drums" a month ago, but he sensed the artistic and musical refinement the other day.
Sorry (really) to be so dense, but are you saying nothing had changed (and so a different day, a different perception) or the fact that you had somehow 'processed' the track on your pc made the difference?
"Sorry (really) to be so dense, but are you saying nothing had changed (and so a different day, a different perception) or the fact that you had somehow 'processed' the track on your pc made the difference?"It could have also been that he was in an exceptional mood....
But he was one of those who always thought Peart "overdid" the drum parts, but this last go-around, he said things seemed to make more sense, musically speaking. It just happened to be playing when he arrived- It wasn't something I queried him on. He on his own volition noticed something markedly different. He thought I was playing a different performance. (Although he found my explanation of using different sound and media drivers making such a difference a little far-fetched.)
If someone asked me what the biggest difference was between bad analog and bad digital, I always thought one could still listen through a bad analog recording and get a good impression the actual performance, where with bad digital, the recording may not be as outwardly bad, but the performance itself is downgraded.
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