rvpiano
Responses from rvpiano
| Perception geoffkait,That is what I have in mind. | |
| Perception I agree with twoleftears. Suggestibility is insidious. | |
| Perception The external factor in the above example is the workings of our mind. | |
| Perception As a former classical musician myself, I do know what real instruments and voices sound like. What I’m referring to are external factors that affect our perception of recorded music. No recording can equal the sound of real music.And every recordi... | |
| Perception My larger point with this post (other than my friend’s opinion) is how our perception of sound can be influenced by outside factors. I’m sure many a system has been modified by a bug in the head of a perceived flaw that does not necessarily exist.... | |
| Perception Pounding salt is also good advice. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Schubert,Thank you so much for alluding to Julia Fisher and the Glazunov.Her performance made me fall in love with that magnificent concerto all over again. The very pinnacle of Romanticism! | |
| Streaming vs. CD I should have qualified streaming not including hi-res files. | |
| How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems? At the present time I’m totally happy with my system.Just about everything sounds good if I make allowances for differing recording techniques. Some recordings, of course, sound better than others, but almost nothing sounds bad. This is a place d... | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados It’s difficult to make comparisons. Kondrashin just seems to communicate the essence of the music to me better than anyone else. | |
| Classical Music for Aficionados Re: Mahler Ninth, my preferred version of the some dozen that I own is, believe it or not, by a Russian: Kirill Kondrashin.The Mahler Ninth may be my all-time favorite symphony.The Kondrashin is probably still available on a marvelous sounding HDT... | |
| How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems? There is an advantage to being easily satisfied.Otherwise it’s like being a horse running after a carrot dangling from a pole in front of him That’s the definition of audiophilia. | |
| Worth of current system Al,Truth be told I thought long and hard about the appropriateness before I posted the thread, and even tried to delete it after second thoughts to no avail. | |
| SS Amp Designer by Reputation Check out Benchmark AHB2 amp at $3000 new; an incredible buy.It did wonders for my system. | |
| How many of us are truly satisfied with their systems? Elizabeth said it best. If you’re an audiophile, you tweak, because you’re an audiophile.If you didn’t tweak, you wouldn’t be an audiophile. It’s all in your head. |