Describe the "new HiFi sound"?

@mrdecibel @decooney I apologize to you. You stated in your post, " relative to amps and speakers ", and I took it somewhere else. My best ! MrD.

No apology necessary, no limits here ...this merely highlights there are many different factors involved from the original live performances, gear used in the old days too, pickups, mics, cabling, recordings, mastering, reproduction formats, amps, speakers and more.

Kinda funny - my buddy who just retired now uses a tube DAC in his recently completed commercial recording and mastering studio. Shhhh, dont tell anyone.

Sort of made me think again about what has changed past 50 years at all layers, from original sources to play back. All relevant discussion, enjoy! 👍

@dave_b Watch Steve Guttenberg’s YT video “Are audiophiles BS ing themselves about sound? This sums it up for me!

SG: "recalibrate your expectations to what’s really going down", unquote.

Talking about old sound vs. new sound, ...has anyone noticed SG is starting to listen to tube gear again more recently? Just gotta love it, "personal taste" :)

Funny some music sounds good on cd and not the same on vinyl. Some Music sounds godd on tube some doesn't, for me it nice to have all the formats. Tubde and  intergrated amps...Cds ,albums ,cassette,reel to reel.....just sit back and enjoy what you have and stop worrying....

heretobuy

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03-24-2023 at 02:10am 

 "New HiFi Sound" is being mildly disappointed in the gear you've just bought and hoping it's going to blossom once it's broken in.

Post of the year so far.

Stephen King — 'Sooner or later, everything old is new again.'