@twoleftears,
'If as claimed above contemporary music sounds good and it's the fault of our systems if it doesn't, perhaps we should be listening to it on those giant powered professional monitors they have in studios, because evidently it sounded good (and just the way it was supposed to sound) to the producers listening to it in that environment.'
Because of audio's notorious circle of confusion you'd probably need 3 systems to do that.
The first could feature a pair of Tannoy Dual Concentrics primed mainly for UK recordings from the 1950s and 60s.
The second could feature a pair of vintage JBL L100s (or their predecessors the 4310 or even Altecs) as used in the US throughout the 1960s and 70s.
The third might employ a pair of ATC/Genelec/Yamaha's/ Neumann's or whatever they use today.
This way you might get close to what they heard whilst actually recording.
Let's face it, no one's recording music to be played back on ultra high performance domestic systems.
No one.
Okay maybe one or two audiophile producers such as the likes of Barry Diament who according to his website uses Magnepan's Magneplanar MG 3.7i loudspeakers for monitoring!
http://www.barrydiamentaudio.com/
'If as claimed above contemporary music sounds good and it's the fault of our systems if it doesn't, perhaps we should be listening to it on those giant powered professional monitors they have in studios, because evidently it sounded good (and just the way it was supposed to sound) to the producers listening to it in that environment.'
Because of audio's notorious circle of confusion you'd probably need 3 systems to do that.
The first could feature a pair of Tannoy Dual Concentrics primed mainly for UK recordings from the 1950s and 60s.
The second could feature a pair of vintage JBL L100s (or their predecessors the 4310 or even Altecs) as used in the US throughout the 1960s and 70s.
The third might employ a pair of ATC/Genelec/Yamaha's/ Neumann's or whatever they use today.
This way you might get close to what they heard whilst actually recording.
Let's face it, no one's recording music to be played back on ultra high performance domestic systems.
No one.
Okay maybe one or two audiophile producers such as the likes of Barry Diament who according to his website uses Magnepan's Magneplanar MG 3.7i loudspeakers for monitoring!
http://www.barrydiamentaudio.com/