Jay,
Thanks for listening and making valid observations. At 29-30 seconds, the singer's peak is at 300 Hz, with harmonic overtones much higher. This recording was made in a small room that I am not familiar with. But in the regular hall where they usually present concerts, I have heard male and female singers, piano and other instruments. In one concert I was sitting in the 1st row about 6 feet away from a female singer. Even I was shocked at the power of her voice, unamplified. These classical music singers have incredible training like you do as a top rated bodybuilder. On peaks, it was probably 100-110 dB at fundamentals of 600-1000 Hz, and much higher freq overtones. The ear is most sensitive in the midrange, esp 3000 Hz. If you thought the male singer was screaming, then YOU would have screamed and covered your ears if your heard that female singer! Her tonality was actually even dryer than I anticipated, which confirmed my understanding of what sonic truth is. More revealing audio components are neutral and dry. In a room with carpets and soft wood walls, the tone is warmer and sweeter due to HF absorption, but recordings with close microphones are not made in such rooms, so to tell the truth about the live sound, the audio system should be neutral and on the dry side.
This illustrates that live music is often loud and unpleasant. But it is the truth, and if you want to hear all the complexity of the music, it is desirable to have a truthful, revealing system. My solution to this problem is to keep listening levels modest. For most of my favorite small scale music, live levels are average 60-70 dB with rare peaks to 90 dB, so my electrostatic speakers maximally reveal the truth at live, natural levels. My system does well at 80-90 dB, which accommodates a lot of large scale symphonic music. Even the music you have presented, like Iron Hand, Keith don't go, and the latest Sara K video of the guitar and female voice, have modest SPL's in the low 80's, although for Keith don't go I enjoy listening at home at 70 dB whereas you like 82 dB.
But I hate smoothed over hifi which robs me of the full enjoyment of the intricacies of my music. I have tried many euphonic amps, and I can't get the exhilarating sparkle I know is present in the music by cranking the system to loud levels. Euphonic mud won't develop life by pushing the SPL, just as a blurry photo will actually be worse if you magnify it. Today's high rez TV screens let you maximally enjoy your videos, even from a small screen, much better than a large screen of outdated low rez.
Thanks for listening and making valid observations. At 29-30 seconds, the singer's peak is at 300 Hz, with harmonic overtones much higher. This recording was made in a small room that I am not familiar with. But in the regular hall where they usually present concerts, I have heard male and female singers, piano and other instruments. In one concert I was sitting in the 1st row about 6 feet away from a female singer. Even I was shocked at the power of her voice, unamplified. These classical music singers have incredible training like you do as a top rated bodybuilder. On peaks, it was probably 100-110 dB at fundamentals of 600-1000 Hz, and much higher freq overtones. The ear is most sensitive in the midrange, esp 3000 Hz. If you thought the male singer was screaming, then YOU would have screamed and covered your ears if your heard that female singer! Her tonality was actually even dryer than I anticipated, which confirmed my understanding of what sonic truth is. More revealing audio components are neutral and dry. In a room with carpets and soft wood walls, the tone is warmer and sweeter due to HF absorption, but recordings with close microphones are not made in such rooms, so to tell the truth about the live sound, the audio system should be neutral and on the dry side.
This illustrates that live music is often loud and unpleasant. But it is the truth, and if you want to hear all the complexity of the music, it is desirable to have a truthful, revealing system. My solution to this problem is to keep listening levels modest. For most of my favorite small scale music, live levels are average 60-70 dB with rare peaks to 90 dB, so my electrostatic speakers maximally reveal the truth at live, natural levels. My system does well at 80-90 dB, which accommodates a lot of large scale symphonic music. Even the music you have presented, like Iron Hand, Keith don't go, and the latest Sara K video of the guitar and female voice, have modest SPL's in the low 80's, although for Keith don't go I enjoy listening at home at 70 dB whereas you like 82 dB.
But I hate smoothed over hifi which robs me of the full enjoyment of the intricacies of my music. I have tried many euphonic amps, and I can't get the exhilarating sparkle I know is present in the music by cranking the system to loud levels. Euphonic mud won't develop life by pushing the SPL, just as a blurry photo will actually be worse if you magnify it. Today's high rez TV screens let you maximally enjoy your videos, even from a small screen, much better than a large screen of outdated low rez.