mijostyn
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| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? @stuartk Exactly:-) Every form of art has boundaries be they mathematical or otherwise, they are art nonetheless. It is even more challenging working within boundaries, but still find originality. How many people could dream up a Beethoven or B... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? The love of music and the love of audio are two entirely different but related subjects. Using your ears to create a first class audio system is folly. You might use them in the end to make adjustments for taste like salting your food, but that ... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? @onhwy61 I think the best reference for that would be Beethoven. You are right. Most of the time I am listening to music it is on the shop system which, although not terrible it is not near what is in the media room. My toe taps just the same. ... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? Wow, @mahgister who the heck said room control only addresses the frequency domain. That is BS of the highest order perpetrated by people who have no idea what they are talking about. Equalizers can only address the frequency domain. Only a digita... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? @asctim You hit on exactly the issues at play. First of all "feeling" is very much a part of the way a system sounds. You not only hear music, but you also feel it. Second of all is experience. You do not know what you are missing, what is possi... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? @knownothing , You know more than you think. Flat sounds awful, way too brite and no bass. @rsf507 , I am a bit of a socialist in that regard. The money that gets spent on luxury HiFi should be spent on subsidizing private grade schools. There ... | |
| Oppo UHP 205 Universal Player @drlou77 I now have a UDP 900 and the answer to your question is, a better picture, a much better picture. The transport is faster and it is more than twice as heavy. Sonically it has no faults. | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? @mahgister I did not say they are not related. The vast majority of audiophiles love music. The vast majority of music lovers are not audiophiles. @asctim That was tongue in cheek. The problem really is that I have to beg, borrow and steal t... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? @rcm1203 To the contrary, being an audiophile is an expensive curse. The love of music and audiophilia are two entirely separate issues. You do not even have to love music to be an audiophile! I know an audiophile whose collection is entirely au... | |
| Has Anyone Else Listened to Carina Round? @jasonbourne71 Existential Reckoning is the studio version of Live at Arcosanti. Live at Arcosanti comes with a DVD of the performance. If you like Existential Reckoning I highly recommend Money Shot and Conditions of My Parole. Money Shot is my... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? @inna, @yesiam_a_pirate I look at it differently. I have a goal. I know exactly what I want to hear and make modifications to achieve that result. I have a great sounding system, but it is not quite at the goal yet. You could say that I was not ... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? @snilf Funny, I was just listening to UnderTow. Sober is my favorite Tool song. Studio recordings are art, anything is permissible. Jimi Hendrix loved panning back and forth. In my experience, systems that can accurately portray a good live re... | |
| Has Anyone Else Listened to Carina Round? @larsman You bet. Listen to Pucifer, Live at Arcosanti. This was a concert filmed during Covid and streamed to the public. You can buy a video of the performance which is amazing to watch. | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? @snilf Super real will do I suppose. In the case of the system I mentioned, very pretty, but not realistic. Female voices and violins are not sibilant in person. Drummers do not set up their kit so the cymbals are 10 feet in front of the snare. ... | |
| Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound? @tvrgeek Very good. Several points. Euphonic can be clean as in low distortion levels. That says nothing about amplitude response which is generally where the euphonic comes from. As you pointed out most distortion comes in the form of loudspeak... |