Ndeslions, many things have happened: indeed people have lost contact with the real thing - - unamplified music is not popular. I want the illusion of real musicians playing real instruments in my living room. Getting there is not easy, since so much live music is amplified, and so much recorded music is the processed cheese of amplified instruments recorded and then mixed.
True high fidelity is the presentation of music from real, actual stereo recordings. The playback equipment and speakers sonically disappear.
A while ago, audio writer Jeff Day (who wrote for 6moons, now for PFO) summed up his perspective:
"Hifi equipment that possesses exceptional musicality is equipment that emphasizes the musical aspects of a recorded performance over the non-musical artifacts of the recording process. For example, the timbral signature of a band, the melodic flow of music over time in a song, and delivering the full emotional impact of music are considered to be more important than the exaggeration of the non-musical artifacts of the recording process such as soundstaging, transparency, imaging and extreme detail recovery that has found favor in equipment voiced for audiophiles."
I think Jeff needs to look more closely at the recording process to find the starting point of where things go wrong, but there so much I do agree with.
I believe music lovers can get the very best in audio reproduction, but too many factors are beyond their control.
True high fidelity is the presentation of music from real, actual stereo recordings. The playback equipment and speakers sonically disappear.
A while ago, audio writer Jeff Day (who wrote for 6moons, now for PFO) summed up his perspective:
"Hifi equipment that possesses exceptional musicality is equipment that emphasizes the musical aspects of a recorded performance over the non-musical artifacts of the recording process. For example, the timbral signature of a band, the melodic flow of music over time in a song, and delivering the full emotional impact of music are considered to be more important than the exaggeration of the non-musical artifacts of the recording process such as soundstaging, transparency, imaging and extreme detail recovery that has found favor in equipment voiced for audiophiles."
I think Jeff needs to look more closely at the recording process to find the starting point of where things go wrong, but there so much I do agree with.
I believe music lovers can get the very best in audio reproduction, but too many factors are beyond their control.