How competitive are you with your system?

@carlos269    

so what says you of systems that sound exceptional and great on audio recordings embedded in videos?

Problem is that i have never heard a video that comes anywhere near close to what the sound of as system sounds like if one is in the room with it. IOW, no great or exceptional audio on videos. 

@daveyf  How many different systems have you done the in the room versus audio recording embedded in video comparisons on? Have you even done it with your own system?

The interesting thing is that this entire hobby predicates on the concept of being able to capture sound on recordings accurately. I’m not sure how this can be true in the studio, outdoor venues, closets, backyards, and so on but not a reasonable expectation in our own listening rooms. Where does the audio recording of sound fall apart when it comes to capturing audio recordings accurately in our listening rooms but not anywhere else? Care to explain that to me?????

You see, if we concede on the premise that sound can be recorded and playback accurately then this whole hobby of ours falls apart. In order to want to playback and reproduce sound accurately, one must first have a belief and accept that sound can be captured and recorded accurately otherwise this whole thing just caves in and falls apart.

This isn’t some type of philosophical exercise. When you listen to a voicemail of a relative out in traffic or less optimal location can you still tell who that is on the recording. Some of the famous recordings were captured with a Shure SM-85 microphone in bathrooms and closets. What makes you discount all audio system in room recordings but accept the commercial recording you hear on the radio, those that you purchase or stream online, or the ones you listen to on your system?

Yeh I know Ed well he came to my room at CES and was blown away. 😃

Nothing on a stupid mic in a phone can capture what I have. Stop trolling and come listen Carlos or are you worried I have what I say I have 😉

Listening to the systems of my audiophile friends is always interesting and I always try to get them to play records I’m familiar with, so I can compare their systems with mine. But our systems are never really comparable because our rooms are all so different. The listening room is always the biggest variable in audio!

@isellgoodgear  I have already shown you mine. I guess that you are too shy to show yours. All kidding aside, next time I’m in the UK I may send you a message to see if I can come over to listen to that “perfect” system.