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REAL MUSIC VS. SHOW MUSIC PERFORMANCE AT AUDIO SHOWS. PRESENTATION V. PERFORMANCE? WHY?

One of the things that I have noticed is the kind of music being played to show system performance.  Full disclosure I’m with Infigo Audio. But as an audiophile I think it is important to hear your music in these systems.  Which means non hi rez stuff.  Stuff you would listen to in your system at home. I try to play everything at shows to show our performance.  Some systems to me are all presentation not as much performance. I play funk rock pop classical jazz folk R&B as well as test track to show what a system can do across a genres.  I think it is important to show that a system can perform on all materials. Some systems look good in presentation and sound great on hi rez and test tracks but are not musical involving and may not actually perform well across genres. Thoughts ?

calvinj
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larsman
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Personally, I could not care less how well a system plays Diana Krall as I don't listen to this kind of music; I don't need a system that plays everything well, if such a thing and room environment exists, as I don't listen to 'everything'. I'd rather find one that's a master of what I want than a 'jack of all trades'. 

tylermunns
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It’s business. Good business knows what the customer wants and does their best to deliver it.  
Right or wrong, most audiophiles want to hear a certain kind of music. It sure as hell ain’t my music, but I wouldn’t expect such to be played at an audio show because I know what to expect in that situation.
I think the suggestion I made above seems fair in addressing the concerns of those who feel certain music and certain sample rates/bit depths are underrepresented at such shows.

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drmuso
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I don't see why it has to be an either-or, considering there is a wide range of music available in high-resolution formats.  I think better-sounding recordings ought to be used to show what gear is truly capable of; with a bad recording, it's hard to know what is the fault of the recording and what is the fault of the gear unless you happen to be familiar with that particular recording.

deep_333
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96 and 192 material is hi rez. Or Dsd recordings as well. I’m constantly doing shows with Infigo. So the reason I asked.

Umm, anything over 16 bit 44.1 (Redbook CD) is Hirez

24 bit 44.1......... 24 bit 48khz, etc and upwards are all hirez.

In fact, many official studio masters tend to be a higher bit depth, and not as a high a sample rate. To my ears, at least, the higher bit depth (24 vs 16, 32 vs 16) has always played a much bigger role in perceivable/audible improvements than the SR, while keeping file sizes manageable.

atmos mixes, 360 reality mixes, dts mixes, auro mixes, etc are all high rez.

 

 

 

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