I’m confused. Please explain.


Hello everyone. There are quite a lot of posts of people wanting their system to sound like real instruments like you would hear at the symphony. I don’t see the importance of it. I’ve been to the symphony one time recently and it was nice but until then I’ve basically only listened to music  made in a studio, amplified and then mixed. I have been to concerts but even that music was at least  amplified. 
Surely you listen to more than just classical music. Are you saying studio music can somehow be made to sound like symphony instruments? I  want my music to sound like it did when it was recorded if possible. I enjoy many genres of music so I don’t see why I would desire it to sound like I’m at the symphony. I consider my system neutral so it is true to the recording. Thank you for your thoughts. 
 

Regards 

Ron 

 

ronboco

Showing 1 response by larryi

There is nothing wrong with picking what sounds good to you, regardless of how that sound matches live acoustic instruments.  All systems sound quite different from live acoustic music and even if we seek to most faithfully reproduce live music, we can arrive at radically different sounding systems depending on our priorities on what qualities are most important.  That is why “accuracy” and “fidelity to live music” are useless criteria; we have different goals and priorities in attaining that sound.

It helps to hear a lot to develop your own personal preferences.  It is easy to get drawn off the right path by something flashy that briefly excites but soon gets tiring so one should do a lot of listening to learn about your own “sound.”

When it comes to popular music, I hardly think fidelity to the live concert experience is the goal; I would junk my system if it sounded that bad.