@chicagoblue1977 , any affiliation with @texasblues1959 (aka texas-jerry)?
what system musicians prefer? Do they care?
I have never aspired to be a musician, although I am very artistic. I am bad at singing and never enjoyed dabbling at playing an instrument. But I enjoy listening to music tremendously and I always wondered if being a musician would improve my experience as a listener. It seems to me that musicians (good ones) would have a lot more expertise in sound, what is good quality sound, a good system, a high fidelity speaker.... but I have never seen any proof. Am I just imagining it? Are good musicians mediocre listeners? Are they not obsessed with good sound? Any musicians out there to comment?
One example I know is the Cambridge Soundworks Mick Fleetwood Speaker System, which I finally purchased last year, I knew my collection would not be complete without it. It's evidence of great talents crossing paths: a genious speaker designer Henry Kloss, and Mick Fleetwood, one of the greatest drummers of the century (and the previous one). But I don't see musicians weighing in on what are good systems are, how much is it worth spending and what to focus on. It's much more like rich douchebags bragging about the price of their systems on these forums.
One example I know is the Cambridge Soundworks Mick Fleetwood Speaker System, which I finally purchased last year, I knew my collection would not be complete without it. It's evidence of great talents crossing paths: a genious speaker designer Henry Kloss, and Mick Fleetwood, one of the greatest drummers of the century (and the previous one). But I don't see musicians weighing in on what are good systems are, how much is it worth spending and what to focus on. It's much more like rich douchebags bragging about the price of their systems on these forums.
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@gano , back in the '90s I kind of remember reading an interview with Buck Owens in Stereophile, and he had said that he listened to a very basic rack system. |
I think that it might depend a lot upon what level the musician is on when it comes to making music. For example, I can see where a true working musician who is spending a lot of her or his time in the studio and touring might not have the amount of time on his or her hands in order to be listening analytically and being concerned about hearing the subtle nuances in recordings that someone who is a musician as a hobby might. |
You are a more compassionate man than I am, @thecarpathian ; I find it rather amusing. |
+10, @ditusa !
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Can you expound on the Hammond reference, texas-jerry? Does that have anything to do with a DM you once sent me back in the days you were @jerryg123 ? Which is one that was evidently so off color that the mods deleted it shortly after I posted the contents to a thread? |
. . . and I guess I have to appreciate the irony of someone using the possessive pronoun, "your," to tell "Carl" that he "is not that smart." As I just typed, @foggyus91 or @texas jerry or @any other alias you may be using, keep up the good work. |
I am literally laughing aloud, @thecarpathian . |
@yesiam_a_pirate , but the OP was asking about what MUSICIANS listen to. |
@gano , there is a lot of things that ted nugent might be, but a musician is not one of them. |