When I listen to my system.......

unreceivedogma

@mihorn   “Artists don’t know…” THAT is a remarkably arrogant statement. ~~~~~

I agree that many artists know mic coloration and id the used mic for some recordings. We know Elvis' mic and it's sound.

People and artists can only hear and conceive what is available. The distortion free natural sound mic wasn't exist until now and they have no idea what it sounds like (although natural real sounds are always all around us). It's been an audio myth. No one wants these coloration, distortion, noise in recordings. Neumann and Shure didn't remove it. Surely artists don't know there is a way to remove these noises and take it as normal. 

Almost world best mics ( >$20k) are from 1930~1960 and I hear them sound really better than modern mics. They sound cleaner but still noisy. We need better and cleaner sound recordings. To women and non-audiophiles, the sound from $million audio systems sound like a left speaker in below. https://youtu.be/IHf_FSa8amE?si=dVFFSGjROY-1IE4p

People pay $$$$ for music concerts and what they get is crappy noisy sounds. Same goes for churches, schools, sports arenas, and radio (TV) stations. Some invest millions on audio systems and there are only noisy recordings. Some of these bad sounds are a health hazards. For us audiophiles, do we want better sounds? Do we want this sound for another century? It's a time to make a change.  Alex/ wavetouchaudioPro

greetings kind regards

give the age of your dearly departed father i infer you are some age .  in which case i am surprised you have not concluded and accepted the fact people are different . each w/ their own peculiarities . as the saying goes "taste is a matter of taste." . though i must admit i enjoy learning of said differences though not in an argumentative manner . as for my own two cents' worth i enjoy the thrill music provides more so per the quality of the reproduction . i also take great pleasure in noting the quality of my system as per said quality of reproduction . i also take pleasure in leaning composer's decisions .   

cheerios and best wishes

@mihorn 

That link to two speakers placed …. In a parking lot?

You are kidding me, right? 

Music is an informed set of sounds which we understood and felt better when we are able to modify the contributing musical or in my case acousticals parameters.Then the OP is right in my book.

But i listen music now, not my gear, because my modified system/room is optimal and i can forget it, unlike the OP , to concentrate in Bach genius or on Chet Baker trumpet voices hues...

The ratio of money invested in music versus gear is without comparison in my case...

Thanks to acoustics i discovered that it is useless to spend money on gear if we dont understand how to use it acoustically.

unreceivedogma

@mihorn That link to speakers… In a parking lot? You are kidding me, right?

I’m serious. The video shows human ears can be deceived easily with un-natural sounds and how bad un-natural sound really is. All speakers in the world behave/sound like the left speaker in video.

People always say the funny sound is from the room. Record at outside shuts them off. Alex / wavetouchaudioPro