When I listen to my system.......

unreceivedogma

Hi-end audio allows you to hear the music the way the artist intended you to hear it. That doesn’t mean that you don’t listen to great music that was not optimally recorded. You make do with what you got.

You are correct that the hi-end audio should deliver the music the way the artist intended.

What artists don’t know is that all mics and speakers sound un-natural with distortion noise. So, all recordings (and audio systems) sound un-natural/noisy like a left speaker in below video.

https://youtu.be/IHf_FSa8amE?si=korT0IHNnDqZVGsT

I’m not an artist but I want to make a natural sound distortion-free recording. So, I made a natural sound microphone and record a 1st natural sound video. Compare the distortion noise of my mic and other mics in below.

https://youtu.be/lW2oifRtdm4?si=zTKVkbtdeEpzpqrb

Alex/ WavetouchaudioPro

For decades I listened to gear, but with my latest spring tweak suspending the back right side of the transformer, and a polished thimble sized bowl ever so succinctly harmonizing that first point of reflection...it's now music to my ears. lol

@mihorn 

“Artists don’t know…”

THAT is a remarkably arrogant statement. I have many friends who are professional performing and recording artists, incl my own daughter. I assure you they know what they are listening to. 

One is so tuned in to the colorations (the polite word for distortions) of different microphones that he can listen to a recording of a singer on my audio system and correctly identify the microphone that the vocalist was using. 

unreceivedogma

@mihorn   “Artists don’t know…” THAT is a remarkably arrogant statement. ~~~~~

I agree that many artists know mic coloration and id the used mic for some recordings. We know Elvis' mic and it's sound.

People and artists can only hear and conceive what is available. The distortion free natural sound mic wasn't exist until now and they have no idea what it sounds like (although natural real sounds are always all around us). It's been an audio myth. No one wants these coloration, distortion, noise in recordings. Neumann and Shure didn't remove it. Surely artists don't know there is a way to remove these noises and take it as normal. 

Almost world best mics ( >$20k) are from 1930~1960 and I hear them sound really better than modern mics. They sound cleaner but still noisy. We need better and cleaner sound recordings. To women and non-audiophiles, the sound from $million audio systems sound like a left speaker in below. https://youtu.be/IHf_FSa8amE?si=dVFFSGjROY-1IE4p

People pay $$$$ for music concerts and what they get is crappy noisy sounds. Same goes for churches, schools, sports arenas, and radio (TV) stations. Some invest millions on audio systems and there are only noisy recordings. Some of these bad sounds are a health hazards. For us audiophiles, do we want better sounds? Do we want this sound for another century? It's a time to make a change.  Alex/ wavetouchaudioPro

greetings kind regards

give the age of your dearly departed father i infer you are some age .  in which case i am surprised you have not concluded and accepted the fact people are different . each w/ their own peculiarities . as the saying goes "taste is a matter of taste." . though i must admit i enjoy learning of said differences though not in an argumentative manner . as for my own two cents' worth i enjoy the thrill music provides more so per the quality of the reproduction . i also take great pleasure in noting the quality of my system as per said quality of reproduction . i also take pleasure in leaning composer's decisions .   

cheerios and best wishes