What is the most challenging music to play on a stereo?


If you really wanted to test the ability of a stereo, what type of music would you choose?

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Showing 4 responses by kota1

Two channel stereo is an irretrievably broken format limited to the typical music you hear played at hifi shows (lame). A system has to be painstakingly assembled at high cost and will generally sound acceptable in only one spot in a room, the "sweet" spot.

Scrap this sham and start over with an immersive audio system.

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Audio Engineer explains why "Why Dolby Atmos is Definitely Going to Supersede Stereo"

We’ve been waiting for a replacement for stereo for decades,” says Jan ’Stan’ Kybert, the engineer responsible for installing the Dean St. Studios facility. “It’s an ancient technology. With music you want to feel something, like with a Saturday night or Sunday morning record. They make me feel ‘Saturday night’ or ‘Sunday morning’. That feeling has been lost with stereo now, and it’s not stereo’s fault, but with Dolby Atmos that feeling is there. It’s bigger, more exciting and wants to make you move, be more intimate, more relaxed or whatever. Everything it does it does it on a richer level.”

@larsman 

FYI, there is a global listening party for Metallica's new album in movie theaters being played in Dolby Atmos on Thursday April 13th, don't miss it:

https://metallica.film

what design in your equipment should you seek to eliminate all of your issues?

Change all to most and I would say get a system that uses a minimum of a dedicated center channel and two subwoofers ( a 3.2 setup) instead of just two channels. Even Frank Sinatra used a center channel:

Frank Sinatra's Classic Hi-Fi System | KCRW Music Blog

 

@gandmjl 

Over the many years that I spent chasing the best sound the one and only real lesson I learned was to get your listening room properly tuned to your ears and the system playing the music you enjoy.

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