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How much is about the recording

For myself, I'm comfortable in knowing I have arrived. At my own personal audio joy through years of empirical data and some engineering knowledge and application. I just wonder how many like minded individuals find as much joy in finding the best recordings vs the perceived next best gear. Peace.
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singintheblues
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How much is about the recording


It’s everything.

Only a deluded fool believes their system can make a bad recording sound good.

 

singintheblues
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@russ69 

Given enough tools, I'm pretty sure I could make a bad recording at least sound acceptable. But I still agree with what you are saying.


 

 

Oh for sure.  Just as radio stations do with compression & graphic equalisation.

In my experience the “better” the hifi (particularly speakers) they could indeed make good recordings sound better than I ever heard, but bad recordings?  They were laid bare & I found I didn’t listen to many of my old favourites anymore.

I was very briefly sucked in by hifi dealers who would switch my music for some whiney woman & it sounded great, but not music I ever want to listen to.

 

As we know, a lot of guys get obsessed with their boxes.    

 

 

 

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