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What in the world is going on.....

My system cost about 75000 dollars or so.  I got the rave review LP of the new Paul Simon album.....sounded pretty lousy.  I listened to the included M3P download using AirPlay through my Denon receiver and Senheisser wireless earphones, and it sounded wonderful......   What in the world is that all about....
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inna
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But no-one said yet that Pink Floyd means nothing. That's good.
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kclone
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"Well, bad recording will of course sound bad on anything but it will still sound better with better equipment. You are talking nonsense."


Inna, I think that depends on the system.  Fact is, a lot of poor recordings will sound better on a boom box, headphones, and a car stereo than a high end two channel stereo system.  They can sound overly harsh, hard, thin and recessed on a high end system.  Sometimes with the right cabling and gear, those recordings can sound better on a high end system.  It just depends. 

czarivey
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Older guitarists tend to develop wrist arthritis and won't able to keep up with complex compositions they used to play. Steve Howe in his early 70's started showing symptoms earlier before when he couldn't play single clean note while John McLaughlin is still lightning fast and very clean. Segovia at his late career was suffering from the way he establish to position the right hand perpendicular to strings very often over-stressing wrist-arm joint. Yea, he couldn't play single note clean as well.
Check out John McLaughlin later band 4th-dimension -- pure blast!
inna
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Yeah, I know his 4th dimention. He still plays great but what he plays these days doesn't resonate with me.
You are right about Segovia. Generally, classical guitarists don't position their right hand in a natural way, unlike flamenco and jazz guitarists. They also elevate their left foot, strange as it is.
inna
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Kclone, when I listen to my system which is not very high end, my expectations are quite high. When I listen to youtube or cd on computer drive thru Grado headphones the expectations are low, so whatever sounds okay makes me happy. Any cd I have sounds incomparably better in my system than on computer.
Cabling of course is always very important, be it good or bad recording.
High end system is more difficult to make sound right than lower end one, that's for sure.
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