Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War?

I lean towards Musicality in systems.

ishkabibil09-27-2021 3:08pm

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djones51 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,947 posts 09-27-2021 at 06:46pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete HiFi is dead...long live musicality whatever that is.
djones51 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,947 posts 09-28-2021 at 08:07pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete In order to retrieve the tonal correctness of voice and instruments see above. High fidelity. Inaudible NOISE and DISTORTION and FLAT UNCOLORED FR.
djones51 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,947 posts 09-28-2021 at 07:32pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete HiFi Very few here are interested in fidelity. It was the pinnacle at one time now it's "musicality" whatever the crap that is. High fidelity (often shortened to Hi-Fi or HiFi) is a term used by listeners, audiophiles, and home audio enthusiasts to refer to high-quality reproduction of sound.[1] This is in contrast to the lower quality sound produced by inexpensive audio equipment, AM radio, or the inferior quality of sound reproduction that can be heard in recordings made until the late 1940s. Hi-fi speakers are a key component of quality audio reproduction. Ideally, high-fidelity equipment has inaudible noise and distortion, and a flat (neutral, uncolored) frequency response within the human hearing range.[2]
djones51 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,947 posts 09-30-2021 at 06:48pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The Benchmark AHB2 has pushed distortion and noise so low it is inaudible to humans. Kijanki is correct you might not like it but the AHB2 is as close to a straight wire with gain as we've gotten. All this blabbing about harmonics is nonsense with this amplifier they are inaudible , even and odd. High Fidelity means something. It isn't whatever you happen to prefer. Ideally, high-fidelity equipment has inaudible noise and distortion, and a flat (neutral, uncolored) frequency response within the human hearing range.
djones51 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,947 posts 10-01-2021 at 11:18am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Kal posts on ASR why not go ask him what he thinks since he uses AHB2 in his system. Who knows might have been the speakers after all.
djones51 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,947 posts 10-03-2021 at 12:44pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The timbre of instruments is determined by the harmonic spectrum and the attack and decay of each harmonic relative to the fundamental. This means changing the frequency response (local ratio of harmonics opposite the fundamentals) or the decay of harmonics needs to alter. Amps do not change decay and attack so that leaves ... frequency response.

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