Garbage in equals garbage out. I have good vinyl playback now and records I do not like go to the dump. Bad digital gets deleted from the NAS.
Can a great system make a mediocre recording sound good?
I spend a lot of time searching for well produced recordings as they (of course) sound so good on my system (Hegel 160 + Linn Majik 140 speakers). I can't tolerate poor sounding recordings - regardless of the quality of the performance itself. I was at a high end audio store yesterday and the sales person took the position that a really high-end system can make even mediocre recordings sound good. Agree?
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I have found that as your system gets better with better equipment, what you thought was mediocre gets better too. The problem with the "garbage in = garbage out" argument is inaccurate . IE, What happens when you pour pure water into polluted water? The pure becomes polluted also. This is what happens with mediocre systems. how do you know that the mediocre music you hear is a product of a mediocre recording or mediocre system? The only way to know is if you hear it in a great system. But who takes their mediocre music to a $100K system? Few, if any |
If by mediocrity you mean bad mastering, I beg to differ. Many people bring such music to their mega systems, probably most people. Because as you rightly imply, a better system gives you better sound, so you hear your favourite music as well as is possible under the circumstances. If the musicians have passed away or are not longer recording, that recording is all we have, and a good system makes that living better 😀
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