Even some old active speakers might surprise.
Are most recordings so bad it's not worth spending large on speakers?
In my interest in finding a speaker with a more lifelike sounding speaker than most monopole - e.g. (bipole, dipole, omnis) I emailed Morrison at Morrison Audio about his omni speakers, which for full range are around $14k. I explained I use my speakers with my TV, and to listen to folk, jazz, blues, some rock.
His response re my music choices, was, "The recordings are dreadful in terms of a lifelike reproduction. You needn’t spend so much on speakers. A monopole pattern is just fine since that is what the recordings are tailored for."
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His response re my music choices, was, "The recordings are dreadful in terms of a lifelike reproduction. You needn’t spend so much on speakers. A monopole pattern is just fine since that is what the recordings are tailored for."
Comments?
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There are some incredible recordings coming out these days, and they sound amazing on my system. There are a couple-three companies putting out amazing sounding LPs that blow me away on how lifelike they sound. Not sure about SACDs, but I hear they are great. Just don’t listen to them much. Don’t know Morrison Audio from any other dealer, but I’m very happy with the LPs I am purchasing these days. Some of my older LPs from 30-40 years ago admittedly don’t sound great. We all know that different releases sound different. Great speakers (you choose) make good recordings sound spectacular, IMHO. Enjoy the Music! There is so much great music out there. |
A lot of "modern music" does sound exactly the way it's supposed to for the intended audience. Overly compressed and played through cheap earbuds. Reproducing some of the studio sound accurately isn't possible because there were no musicians or studio involved-it's done on a computer with synthesized files. So, yes, in those cases it doesn't matter what your gear is because sound quality was never a priority. |
Overly compressedThis is the key to bad sound, as there are no quite gaps/passages anymore between the softest notes and the loudness notes, they are all just given to you at the same level, which sounds LOUD! even when turned down. Your brain doesn’t get a chance to chill in-between the notes anymore. Go to the dynamic range website, and see the older first recorded version are less compressed that the later remasters! of the same album. Sade albums when looking at this remember green is good, the later stuff is compressed red, orange, or yellow http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Sade&album=Diamond+Life Cheers George |
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