@artemus_5 I asked the question because the puzzle is we talk about equipment, but the only way to judge equipment is to play music. Music is not a fixed concept, it’s an art that may have too many variables to judge. But if you trust your system recreate the music well, then you can enjoy the recording for what it is meant to represent by the artists, not in such an elaborate fashion through gear. As @larsman says, I enjoy music just fine through earbuds, but elaborate stereos are fun too, but challenging.
Do you trust your system?
I was constantly upgrading gear, demoing songs, reading reviews, trying to find out why I had the feeling that the song I was playing shouldn’t sound the way it does. Something off or lacking, I luckily found a set of equipment and a room setup that if a song is off, it’s likely recorded that way. I trust my system to do a decent job. I wonder do others get to a point where they are more critical of mastering techniques than something wrong with their equipment? Admittedly, it’s easier to say how a piece of gear or cable made some significant difference, but in what exactly since the music sources are so wildly manipulated by engineers?
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@thyname good point. I did get to sit front row at a small club with a blues band. Great fun but I kept thinking it sounded a lot like my home system. A bit louder. Went to another show with PA doing most of the work, not too good. Once was behind the PA. Boy, drums are loud! Unamplified music, tricky since they really have to manage volume and tone. Overall recordings sound best since the artists that make them are really skilled at making all those negatives go away, but it’s not ‘real’ which seems to bug audiophiles who seem to look for some truth. Other systems that friends have are just really different. There is often no real standard, except I always liked the Audio Note room at Axpona. It seemed to have something special to my ears. |
Very well said, @dain ! |
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