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I'm confused - Different music...different speakers?

Thanks for allowing me this exploration. I've been on Audiogon before and find myself here for a very different reason this time.
I do believe my system is well resolving and will define gear at the end
Yet I keep getting steered to music genre based on sound.
What I mean by this is simple.
I can't seem to listen to old rock n roll favorites anymore.
There are albums I know from the past inside out and upside down - one example: The Allman Brother's at Fillmore East. I can mostly play every bit of this on guitar. I own three good copies on vinyl and can stream it at hi-res on Qobuz.
There are two drummers and Berry Oakley on bass- no slouch. Duane on slide...etc. An Epic and dynamic album
I can't listen to it - the metal tweeters are just aggravating. And what I remember from the bass and percussion is slam from the very opening to the end - it's not here.
What is going on here?
Gear is as follows:
Analogue side is a Nottingham Space 294, 12" Ace arm, Lyra Delos Cart and an EAR 834 MM/MC phono stage
Digital is an Antelope Zodiac plus with Voltikus power supply
All good and better cables
Totem Hawk floor standers
Amp is a Rogue Cronus w/ KT120 output tubes
Play Bill Evans or Bach ....and I can watch the paint melt off the walls and love every second of it......
I'm at a loss and thanks

smaarch1
ghdprentice
6,464 posts
 

I own a set of totem’s with a matching subwoofer for my office I love them. 
 

If you want a great subwoofer you cannot go wrong with REL. They are outstanding and bring amazingly capable integration with them. 

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asvjerry
4,336 posts
 

...from 2:00 on.....

 

 

If you're not cracking sheetrock, it's not loud enough....;)

georgeab
94 posts
 

OP, thanks for drawing attention to The Allman Brother’s Live at Fillmore East. Steve Guttenberg of Audiophiliac recently mentioned that recording. Your post got me to listen to the hi-rez version on Qobuz to verify if it was or was not the recording. Forgot how good that record was. For a live rock recording from 1971 it doesn’t get much better than that one. It is not the recording.

asiaaudiosoc
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I concur with the live feel for rock. When you go to a see a band the guitarist is playing through a stack of 12" speakers and the bass player 15". Real drums have massive attack. A HiFi system for rock should have size in both speaker and amplifier but in my opinion should not be too "transparent". I recently attended a demo of the KEF Muon hosted by KEF's owner. They had the scale but I thought were maybe too transparent - I don't really want to feel like my ear is inside Don Henley's throat. So the remaining question is whether one needs 3 systems - a dynamic one for rock and cinema, a smooth/imaging one for jazz and a large soundstage/transparent one for classical.

smaarch1 OP
95 posts
 

@ghdprentice looking forward to experimenting with the REL
@georgeab this is also my memory - epic recording and alas....my system doesn't do it justice
@asiaaudiosoc interesting and I suppose that is my first post and my "confusion"
Maybe it's super simple in this way: If I want to here a piano in a cafe - that is the volume I should be listening at, no more and no less.
If I want to listen to a band in Madison Square Garden, I think it is clear the db's need to go up. And the reverse is true
I remember seeing Joni Mitchell as the kick off for a Bob Dylan concert in MSG back in the 1990's...it was rather sad. As great as she is, her solo voice just wasn't enough to fill and vibrate the space...it all felt lost.
Maybe I'll buy a pair of headphones for the Rock n roll stuff......
Thanks again Everyone

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