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In Reply to: Re: They can all be good to great; or bad to terribel. posted by OvenBun on March 23, 2007 at 18:11:50:
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HowdyIt's been my experience that as I improve my system more discs sound better. I know that this isn't always the case for people, but I reject "improvements" that make anything I listen to regularly sound worse and I listen to all sorts of stuff. I know that some discs (say Muddy Waters "Folk Singer") have sections that are more dynamic than some systems can handle without sounding glassy, some (say the last two Tierney Sutton discs) have bass that can overwhelm some systems, other discs (say the Big Brother and the Holding Company "Cheap Thrills" disc) have a heavily distorted guitar part that can break up on some speakers but sound great on good speakers... Just some ideas off of the top of my head.
The Sam Cook discs have some tracks that are a little hot on my system but for the most part they are great.
Therefore it isn't the system per se IMHO, Ted. It is the quality of the recording technique for which we all know there is a rather distinct disparity! Will some labels ever get it right? Time will tell. And I'm not so sure it is the quality of the master either. Look at 1960 Bill Evans recordings. Recording equipment used now is obviously of a much higher quality and to have those jazz recordings sound so much better than others much more recent whether it be just CD or SACD...And SACD needs to impress IMHO on inexpensive gear to avoid "Joe" from contesting one is listening to superior gear rather than well recorded music.
HowdyAs far as I can tell the examples I gave are challenges for any format, not just SACD. It's the music that's the challenge to reproduce well. It takes a great turntable or CD player or SACD player, etc. to do them justice...
I'm not trying to be elitist: you are right some discs sound great on very modest systems. Others however are a challenge for some systems. You don't have to spend as much as I have to get more discs to sound better but I still contend that you get what you pay for (taking diminishing returns into account :)
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