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The Sound or Music

I listen to all genres of music but really enjoy it with good sound. I know of people who just love one particular type of music but don't care at all about audio. My late relative just loved classical music and had hundreds of good records but his system was like bad transistor radio. He had means but was not interested in better system at all. Music, for him was 99.9% and sound 0.1% of the pleasure. He was most likely missing half of instruments of orchestral music, he listened to - either by limited frequency response or very poor resolution. He was a music lover. Am I a music lover or just only an audio freak?
What about you?
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shadorne
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I like to hear what is going on - you can't always here everything on bad recordings or bad systems - a walking bass line can be buried. I want to know what tom is being hit and that squeaky foot pedal on Led Zeppelin. The recordings I enjoy most are like a microscope and highly dynamic. Audio compression makes it very hard to hear detail but it is all too popular in modern music.

This is a great mix

Here is another nice mix

This is has great clarity between drums and bass

Then listen to this awful sound of deliberately distorted double platinum best selling album

and then listen to what the drums might have sounded like without audio compression and distortion the same groove - now what sounds better?

Are we nuts? Somehow I don't think so.

Everyone agree that Cindy is awesome?
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shadorne
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Not everyone likes clarity/transparency and resolution (I do).

Yes but I think Cindy plays with much more than just clarity and resolution - I detect a hint of John Bonham in this talented lady! (a lot of Tony Williams influence too)

Anyway I am glad you like her!
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