Fidelity to what? What the mastering engineer hears? Then hook up a pair of Auratone 5c speakers and listen in an anechoic chamber.
With notable exceptions, most engineers master for the average consumer. No matter how it is mastered, all recordings are destined to be played back in a bewildering variety of systems, usually assembled to the taste of the owner. Those of us with more revealing systems like to call them "HiFi"s. It's a matter of semantics.
With notable exceptions, most engineers master for the average consumer. No matter how it is mastered, all recordings are destined to be played back in a bewildering variety of systems, usually assembled to the taste of the owner. Those of us with more revealing systems like to call them "HiFi"s. It's a matter of semantics.