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| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? So now douglas_schroder found the Benchmark amplifier to occupy the "clean/sterile" (White sounding?) end of the sonic spectrum.but in his review he says:The sound is indeed neutral and exact without being sterile or clinical. Colorless? Not reall... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? Lemonhaze It is not about "My Benchmark" but rather about idea we are discussing. It could be any other amp of similar character. I hope you understand it.Let's summarize what you said:You don't like very detailed soundYou don't like perfect ima... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? Here is conclusion from Absolute Sound review of AHB2, but it applies to subject discussed here:"Because accuracy allied to absolutely reliable performance is the goal of all the Benchmarks, they are not products that tend to attract cults or othe... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? It moves or it doesn’t? We’re trying to find out why it is moving or not otherwise what is the sense in participating here. Many people believe that warm sounding gear "moves" them, while natural clean sounding gear sounds analytic, sterile etc. R... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? No, you actually prefer an amp that adds distortion, and your benchmark reduces clarity.This is not true.Our hearing evolved over millennia to interpret the fundamental frequency and even ordered harmonics as natural and clear sound. There is no n... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? Colours would be visible fundamental wavelengths/frequencies. Not harmonics of the fundamental.We’re not talking about harmonics in the recorded music, but harmonics added where they did not exist at all. Adding harmonics to piano, that are differ... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? I prefer an amp that adds 5% 2nd order harmonics over one which adds 0.01% 5th order harmonics.I prefer amplifier that does not add any distortion. My Benchmark AHB2 has THD=0.00011% (-119dB, inaudible). Any distortion is coloring sound (reducing ... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? 2nd order harmonics is not distortion, 5th order harmonics is. Anything added is distortion. Piano, for instance, has overtones stretched over harmonics. Octave higher key is not tuned to double frequency but to overtone of the lower octave key ... | |
| Fostex tweeter FT48D Yes, it is unreal. FT48D bottom frequency is 800Hz and not 88Hz. | |
| cassettes CAN sound better than vinyl. There's really no comparison. For example, that's why tape deck manufacturers used -20dB levels when they quoted frequency response for cassette decks. You really don't want to know what it looks like at 0 dB.Music doesn't have high frequencies at... | |
| Fidelity vs. Musicality...........Is there a tug of War? Hjghly detailed systems for me lose out in musicality. It is less natural.It might be that at home we got used to certain sound, that is different from live performance and we follow it? Perhaps we also try to compensate for music compression by... | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? @stuartk Of course. I love Jazz. | |
| Is improvisational jazz to impressionism art as smooth jazz is to realism art? Jazz is simply inferior to classical music. Jazz musicians don't know where the right notes are and "hunt" for them by trial and error, while classically trained musicians find them instantly. Just look at Jazz bassist or guitarist - they "walk"... | |
| Which component to upgrade to improve bass control? Less resistance means greater damping factor (control).Damping factor has very little to do with damping of the membrane (in spite of the name). | |
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