Quality of recording while evaluating speakers


Melody Gardot, Diana Krall, and others.

The above recordings are done so well they sound absolutely Great in most systems. And then there are recordings that are not as open and have trouble filling the room enjoyably and yet the melodies are very good and it's unfortunate they didn't do a better good job in the recording studio.

So how do you evaluate a speaker other than to be familiar with a recording on how it sounds in your system versus how it sounds in another system.  Basically we are at the mercy of Recording quality when we listen to our systems.

Even more painful is home theater streaming when the music is wonderful but the quality sucks and once in a while it sounds really good but this can be rare which is sad.

So speaker manufacturers have to deal with these issues and we put up with poor recordings and how does this factor into your decisions when evaluating new speakers?

So we end up buying really nice speakers knowing that so much of what we will eventually listen to Will not have been recorded very well making things a bit frustrating at times.  There's only so much that can be done to make things sound better given these limitations. So how does one cope with all this?

 

emergingsoul

Fascinating to hear from all these wonderful souls and everybody seems to be in the same predicament. Makes me thankful for what I have put together because it actually does sound pretty good overall. It can be a very frustrating process putting together all these complex mystery boxes to allow sound to come through speakers in an enjoyable way

@emergingsoul 

It's amusing how you put together all these cryptic threads posing hypothetical questions, but you are very close to the cuff when talking about what actually comprises your own system. I guess you just like to keep people in the dark.

 

@ozzy62

I really like your system and the rack is very nice looking. Looks like a really nice room too.

Truth is I’m not really happy with my system so I’m reluctant to share the details. As I evolve maybe I’ll become more comfortable with it and be willing to share it.

You would think it would be great living in Malibu on a beach, but I'm not happy about that either.  

 Makes me thankful for what I have put together because it actually does sound pretty good overall. 

 

Truth is I’m not really happy with my system so I’m reluctant to share the details.

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