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Good for you to bring this up.
What I hope is that more of my collection sounds good when I "upgrade" a component.
Too often we get hooked or charmed by a particular presentation. This or that sounds really good, avoiding the other "poorly recorded material."
What I have found is the "poorly recorded material" in my collection is not really poorly recorded, but instead it highlights a weaknesses in my system.
Using these recordings as a way to gain insight into my system's flaws has been very rewarding.
For example, I had a pr of Snell E speakers with rear firing aux. tweeters. These really made piano music ring lots or "air." Well this was good on some recordings and not so much on others. It was a distortion that was complimentary to some types of music.
Or, take a bass shy system. Would you listen to the organ works of Bach? Probably not, but transcriptions for guitar may sound fantastic!
So, if something sounded great before you change a component and then not so great after, either you have removed a distortion or added one. It can be hard to tell and is not obvious!
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Good for you to bring this up.
What I hope is that more of my collection sounds good when I "upgrade" a component.
Too often we get hooked or charmed by a particular presentation. This or that sounds really good, avoiding the other "poorly recorded material."
What I have found is the "poorly recorded material" in my collection is not really poorly recorded, but instead it highlights a weaknesses in my system.
Using these recordings as a way to gain insight into my system's flaws has been very rewarding.
For example, I had a pr of Snell E speakers with rear firing aux. tweeters. These really made piano music ring lots or "air." Well this was good on some recordings and not so much on others. It was a distortion that was complimentary to some types of music.
Or, take a bass shy system. Would you listen to the organ works of Bach? Probably not, but transcriptions for guitar may sound fantastic!
So, if something sounded great before you change a component and then not so great after, either you have removed a distortion or added one. It can be hard to tell and is not obvious!
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