There is no right or wrong way to do this.
Thanks @ozzy62 One would hope, transiting these forums, that conclusion would have become obvious by now..*sigh*
Well, it gives us all something to troll each over....;)
(...kidding...mabbe...😏...)
When I listen to my system.......
As I have stated many times, I listen to the musicianship and the composition. As I listen to SRV, just as an example, there are three musicians working together to create a "performance". How is it that anyone can put tone, sound staging, or anything else with the "sound" before the performance. There is much information on our recordings, and generally, many of these recordings are just so so with the fidelity. In fact, why do many listeners only listen to top notch recordings of higher fidelity, of the "sound", rather than appreciate those qualities I look and listen for. Is it because I was a singer / vocalist in my youth? Is it because I was around musicians who shared the joy of "music"? Is it because at a very early age, I was introduced to big band music and eclectic performances by so many, via my dad (he would have been 100 today; happy birthday dad). Yes, I consider myself an audiophile, because I spend money on gear and am careful with my dedicated room....my system allows me to hear more of the performance. But, it is the "music", the "performance", that matters most to me. I suppose I am feeling a bit nostalgic today, because of my pops. I am bringing this up again, because I do not understand the mentality of folks who listen differently than I. I know this subject might be ad nauseum to many, but some of the folks I used to design systems for, became less interested in the music, and more about the sound, placing the music and performance secondary, or not at all. I am just venting. If you would like to add to this post, I welcome all thoughts. No judgement from me. I wish everyone well. Enjoy! MrD.
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@immatthewj ....*wry Grin* Oh...damn....and here I thought it was just another off-the-scruff absurdism from yours unruly..... ;) One can only thumb wrestle over cables, connectors, and the plethora of products that flow off keys around here that after awhile the only subject on the last page of the mise-en-scene is each others' obviously flawed perception of how another is getting It Wrong.....?! Hendrix was right.... "...gotta gotta gotta get away...." *LOL*phew* ;) |
@immatthewj ....for yours unruly, it only made me worse and more demanding of being 'closer to the edge'.... But, such as it is...... |
@immatthewj ....! A food means of describing 'the audio experience'......
...comparisons with various menu marvels....(*sigh* ....I know, I know.... Happens every issue these days. "This prototype preamp functioned like a stale tuna sandwich....." ;) @inagroove ...Precisely, much like when film was a series of single images with the sound track added. One's mind accepted these as smooth moving imagery. Cut to Now: In our shared reality, the digital means to 'do' most anything is basically Here. AV is just one block in a very big and growing; one could conceive of an environment that could simulate an actual situation down to the smell of the space and what it felt like to be 'there'.... ....comes down to the same old question... "What's that worth to you?" *S* ;)
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