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Real or Surreal. Do you throw accuracy out the window for "better" sound?
I visited a friend recently who has an estimated $150,000 system. At first listen it sounded wonderful, airy, hyper detailed, with an excellent well delineated image, an audiophile's dream. Then we put on a jazz quartet album I am extremely familiar with, an excellent recording from the analog days. There was something wrong. On closing my eyes it stood out immediately. The cymbals were way out in front of everything. The drummer would have needed at least 10 foot arms to get to them. I had him put on a female vocalist I know and sure enough there was sibilance with her voice, same with violins. These are all signs that the systems frequency response is sloped upwards as the frequency rises resulting in more air and detail. This is a system that sounds right at low volumes except my friend listens with gusto. This is like someone who watches TV with the color controls all the way up.
I have always tried to recreate the live performance. Admittedly, this might not result in the most attractive sound. Most systems are seriously compromised in terms of bass power and output. Maybe this is a way of compensating.
There is no right or wrong. This is purely a matter of preference accuracy be damn. What would you rather, real or surreal?
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How "they" see your satisfaction/dissatisfaction is immaterial. If you're having fun, who cares what "they" think? Sounds to me like you're doing what's right for you.
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Exactly:-) Every form of art has boundaries be they mathematical or otherwise, they are art nonetheless. It is even more challenging working within boundaries, but still find originality. How many people could dream up a Beethoven or Brahms symphony? Music and Audiophilia are two separate issues. One is art the other is technical with the exception of speaker enclosures and faceplates. Any artistic intent is purely visual. The performance of an audio system is really not a matter of taste, being so could be seen as a cop out. I went to an Arctic Monkeys concert. I want my system to sound like that. I went to a John Scofield concert. I want my system to sound like that. I went to a Richard Thompson solo concert. I want my system to sound like that. I went to a Boston Symphony Orchestra concert. I want my system to sound like that. People will say this is impossible. Bullocks, another cop out. With enough clean power and the right speakers it is now possible to make a system sound like anything. |
I never thought about it before. Do you like hyper realist art or abstract expressionism? I suspect most people fall somewhere in the middle. That’s my impressionism. Personally, I like Magic Realism. Oh sorry, we are talking about audio aren’t we. ;)
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