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Has your audio system gotten you into new music?

Before I picked up my current system, consisting of B&W 805S speakers, I was never really into female vocalists that much, but as many here know, B&Ws just love female vocals. Nowadays, a huge portion of my music collection consists of female vocalists, one of my favorite bands being Metric. I also appreciate other types of music more that I was never really into as much, like jazz. I think having a high end system lets you appreciate more types of music. Some stuff I used to think was "ehh" before I had the system, I actually love now. At least this is the effect my system has.
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phaelon
1,049 posts
 
Absolutely here too. Music genres can be distinguished from one another by the degree to which superior resolution is a requirement for the appreciation of their nuances.
ballan
184 posts
 
To answer your "title" question, absolutely YES. One of the main reasons I have a music system is to learn and listen to new music, including older music that is new to me.
bvdiman
491 posts
 
As long as you don't over tune it to excel for particular genres. I once had the big Tannoys driven by some fine SET amps. They were truly magical with small acoustic ensembles, vocals etc. It was when I throw fusion jazz, hard pop, rock and the likes that they revealed their shortcomings - lacking PRAT, staging, and all. So basically, prioritize and let your music dictate your system - not otherwise. But a resounding Yes, a nicely well balanced set up would definitely widen your music horizon.
parasound63
162 posts
 
Another resounding YES. A year and a half after getting Ohm Micro Walsh Talls, and I still listen to music more than at any other time in my life. Female vocals more than anything else, for that matter.

I also seem to have found an un-looked for appreciation of well-recorded bluegrass and (gasp) modern folk.
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willland
846 posts
 
Absolutely yes.
Of the last 20 CD's I have bought($1-$2/ea at pawn shop), 15 have been female artists. I have always liked female singer/songwriters but have really started to enjoy them and pure female vocalists more and more.

Some of my recent aquisitions are:
Indigo Girls,Tori Amos,The Corrs,Carole King,Fiona Apple,Diana Krall,Annie Lennox,Paula Cole,Nora Jones,Natalie Merchant,Charlotte Church,PJ Harvey.

Bill
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