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In Reply to: Never heard one of those posted by E-Stat on February 23, 2007 at 08:32:23:
rw--What can I say, I've heard many good ones, the people who do such things often know what they're doing, it being their living and all.Perhaps you come to it with preconceived notions, prejudices? It may be that if you've never heard a good pro system that it's your perceptions that are skewed. Just something to think about, I'm not trying to bust your balls.
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What are some other professional tools?1. Steel toed boots
2. Pickup trucks
3. Checker Marathon cabsNone of those "professional" tools have the least bit to do with performance, just practicality.
I simply report what I've heard in countless examples of music, theatre, sports, and general PA venues. Which is why I don't spend much time in those places anymore. I would scream if any of my music systems sounded that bad.
No possibility that your perceptions are off base then eh? Perceptions which then lead you to the paradoxical position of preferring your hi-fi to live music. Odd.Audio is one of the few fields in which the amateurs presume to lecture the pros. It's as though a weekend warrior who repaired his lawn furniture with a buzz-box sqirtgun were to lecture boilermakers and pipefitters on welding.
Perceptions which then lead you to the paradoxical position of preferring your hi-fi to live music.I listen to primarily acoustic music where "live" does not involve kilowatts of mediocre, hard sounding Crown amps and JBL speakers. I'm accustomed to non-electronic sound. Do I prefer my system to hearing my wife playing her baby grand, an acoustical quartet, or attending a symphony? Of course, not. I overwhelmingly , however, prefer to hear pop or rock music through my system because I hear far more clarity and details that are completely absent in PA based "live" concerts. At 85-87 db peak levels at that. It is truly difficult to hear any detail in a 120 db environment where you must use earplugs to protect your hearing.
Audio is one of the few fields in which the amateurs presume to lecture the pros.
Lecture the pros? For some reason, the "pros" have failed to convince any symphony that I'm aware of to start piping the sound through a PA! Why on earth would they choose to do that? Maybe you know of one. :)
"I overwhelmingly, however, prefer to hear pop or rock music through my system because I hear far more clarity and details that are completely absent in PA based "live" concerts."Ahh, you listen to rock and roll to hear detail. I see why we disagree. To me a band doing a good live performence is always superior to recordings of the same music, even though the "sound" may be worse. I can't tell you how many times I've come home from an insprired show and didn't want to listen to the band's recordings because recordings are so lame, even the best ones.
We're never gonna see eye to eye.
Kind Regards
And varying sensitivities as to the quality of the sound. Music for me is entirely an aural experience. I hear music. Watching rock performers play or dance is secondary. Or distracting. I usually close my eyes when I listen anyway.Vive la difference!
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