When I listen to my system.......
As I have stated many times, I listen to the musicianship and the composition. As I listen to SRV, just as an example, there are three musicians working together to create a "performance". How is it that anyone can put tone, sound staging, or anything else with the "sound" before the performance. There is much information on our recordings, and generally, many of these recordings are just so so with the fidelity. In fact, why do many listeners only listen to top notch recordings of higher fidelity, of the "sound", rather than appreciate those qualities I look and listen for. Is it because I was a singer / vocalist in my youth? Is it because I was around musicians who shared the joy of "music"? Is it because at a very early age, I was introduced to big band music and eclectic performances by so many, via my dad (he would have been 100 today; happy birthday dad). Yes, I consider myself an audiophile, because I spend money on gear and am careful with my dedicated room....my system allows me to hear more of the performance. But, it is the "music", the "performance", that matters most to me. I suppose I am feeling a bit nostalgic today, because of my pops. I am bringing this up again, because I do not understand the mentality of folks who listen differently than I. I know this subject might be ad nauseum to many, but some of the folks I used to design systems for, became less interested in the music, and more about the sound, placing the music and performance secondary, or not at all. I am just venting. If you would like to add to this post, I welcome all thoughts. No judgement from me. I wish everyone well. Enjoy! MrD.
“Artists don’t know…” THAT is a remarkably arrogant statement. I have many friends who are professional performing and recording artists, incl my own daughter. I assure you they know what they are listening to. One is so tuned in to the colorations (the polite word for distortions) of different microphones that he can listen to a recording of a singer on my audio system and correctly identify the microphone that the vocalist was using. |
I agree that many artists know mic coloration and id the used mic for some recordings. We know Elvis' mic and it's sound.People and artists can only hear and conceive what is available. The distortion free natural sound mic wasn't exist until now and they have no idea what it sounds like (although natural real sounds are always all around us). It's been an audio myth. No one wants these coloration, distortion, noise in recordings. Neumann and Shure didn't remove it. Surely artists don't know there is a way to remove these noises and take it as normal. Almost world best mics ( >$20k) are from 1930~1960 and I hear them sound really better than modern mics. They sound cleaner but still noisy. We need better and cleaner sound recordings. To women and non-audiophiles, the sound from $million audio systems sound like a left speaker in below. https://youtu.be/IHf_FSa8amE?si=dVFFSGjROY-1IE4p People pay $$$$ for music concerts and what they get is crappy noisy sounds. Same goes for churches, schools, sports arenas, and radio (TV) stations. Some invest millions on audio systems and there are only noisy recordings. Some of these bad sounds are a health hazards. For us audiophiles, do we want better sounds? Do we want this sound for another century? It's a time to make a change. Alex/ wavetouchaudioPro |
greetings kind regards give the age of your dearly departed father i infer you are some age . in which case i am surprised you have not concluded and accepted the fact people are different . each w/ their own peculiarities . as the saying goes "taste is a matter of taste." . though i must admit i enjoy learning of said differences though not in an argumentative manner . as for my own two cents' worth i enjoy the thrill music provides more so per the quality of the reproduction . i also take great pleasure in noting the quality of my system as per said quality of reproduction . i also take pleasure in leaning composer's decisions . cheerios and best wishes |
Music is an informed set of sounds which we understood and felt better when we are able to modify the contributing musical or in my case acousticals parameters.Then the OP is right in my book. But i listen music now, not my gear, because my modified system/room is optimal and i can forget it, unlike the OP , to concentrate in Bach genius or on Chet Baker trumpet voices hues... The ratio of money invested in music versus gear is without comparison in my case... Thanks to acoustics i discovered that it is useless to spend money on gear if we dont understand how to use it acoustically.
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