REAL MUSIC VS. SHOW MUSIC PERFORMANCE AT AUDIO SHOWS. PRESENTATION V. PERFORMANCE? WHY?


One of the things that I have noticed is the kind of music being played to show system performance.  Full disclosure I’m with Infigo Audio. But as an audiophile I think it is important to hear your music in these systems.  Which means non hi rez stuff.  Stuff you would listen to in your system at home. I try to play everything at shows to show our performance.  Some systems to me are all presentation not as much performance. I play funk rock pop classical jazz folk R&B as well as test track to show what a system can do across a genres.  I think it is important to show that a system can perform on all materials. Some systems look good in presentation and sound great on hi rez and test tracks but are not musical involving and may not actually perform well across genres. Thoughts ?

calvinj

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Play stuff like this @100db at your next show and wake everybody up. When they're awake, they may buy more things (you may sell more). 

Play it safe however, if you have flaccid speakers and amps. If the stuff you're selling is a bit wimpy, play it it safe, stick with lullabies and play Diana Krall @60db.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would not sit there very long if Metallica ,Slayer ,the above Youtube tracks or that kind of ´´noise ´´ was playing .

Is this more of your vibe?

The lyrics are quite fitting too for this thread, perhaps...🤣

 

I wasn't at Axpona this  year, but, some of Jones' demos seem interesting, i suppose (not the usual overplayed crap in rooms that makes ya blue in the face)...

 

96 and 192 material is hi rez. Or Dsd recordings as well. I’m constantly doing shows with Infigo. So the reason I asked.

Umm, anything over 16 bit 44.1 (Redbook CD) is Hirez

24 bit 44.1......... 24 bit 48khz, etc and upwards are all hirez.

In fact, many official studio masters tend to be a higher bit depth, and not as a high a sample rate. To my ears, at least, the higher bit depth (24 vs 16, 32 vs 16) has always played a much bigger role in perceivable/audible improvements than the SR, while keeping file sizes manageable.

atmos mixes, 360 reality mixes, dts mixes, auro mixes, etc are all high rez.

 

 

 

Many times a person would come along with a single CD and ask to play a specific track. You could see they were making a judgement of the whole system based on one piece of music that presumably sounded good on their own system at home. Crazy.

It is HIS MONEY and you want it real bad, don’t you? He has EVERY RIGHT to judge your whatever you sell, based on the 1 track he likes. If your junk didn’t sound right on his favorite track, NO SALE. If you can’t handle that reality, quit this biz and go find another job.