Without the double negative: I am able to relax and concentrate when listening to digital.
Thanks - I misread it, I was not using my reading glasses!
Without the double negative: I am able to relax and concentrate when listening to digital.
How can great recordings of even poor performances not be useful in judging systems
By "amateur tapes" what do you mean?
Jonathan Horwich's tapes are, I believe, recorded close in room. The sound quality is stunning, even if you do not care for the performances. Because of the sound quality I can use these tapes to judge systems according to the criteria I care about, namely emotional engagement and suspension of disbelief. I can use these tapes for that purpose precisely because of their sound quality.
I would be careful with such statement. IMO it drives loudspeaker choice, not preference - two very different things.
For example, for rock my preference goes to JBL DD66000 or German Physics Gaudi, but as I listen little to rock I choose other type of speakers.
my second choice for the above is a dual FLH which is by far the first choice for classic rock as well. Also this plays well with a variety of gear including digital.
But for digital you only need a soundbar, no?
But for digital you only need a soundbar, no?
I think you're agreeing generally with my philosophy.
The way I think about it, since you listen to little rock, rock is not your musical genre preference.
Who cares what records you like? The point, again, is that they aren't the only ones useful for judging sound quality. Most high quality recordings, irrespective of the performance, can be useful.i am not interested. I don’t disagree sound is good, I don’t like close in room ambience and I would rather listen to good performances recorded on vinyl.
Even on vinyl, while decca has better sound than RCA and DGG, when RCA and DGG get it right, I find far more realism in a Chicago, Vienna and Berlin performance than say the LOSR type orchestras that Ansermet recorded frequently on for decca
It depends on how high your demands are. For me, the best midrange is a quad esl 57. I don't know of any horn or other loudspeaker principle in the world that reproduces voices so naturally. never aggressive with a body that gives you goosebumps unless the recording is botched. i find voices to be a very difficult part because it is so broadband in frequency.I doubt anyone likes speakers that are not good at voices. But midrange is easiest to get right. Electrostats, ribbons, old tannoys, various horns, some cones, all do voices well. Sure some don’t either. Beryllium horn drivers sound quite like electrostats with voices, with more nuance.
But doing voices well does not necessarily mean they can also do other things well, which require more cross frequency integration. Voice is just the starting, basic
Yes he is looking for ammunition !i found one guy who pays serious attention to what I write
IMO this only shows your previous system was poor or contrary to usual, your hearing is improving with age.
It depends on how high your demands are. For me, the best midrange is a quad esl 57. I don't know of any horn or other loudspeaker principle in the world that reproduces voices so naturally. never aggressive with a body that gives you goosebumps unless the recording is botched. i find voices to be a very difficult part because it is so broadband in frequency.
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even bad news on the radio sounds better with it
Are those added super-tweeters ?they are better at other things too
this is in Dallas. Stacked 57s made my EMIA, EMIA electronics, Allnic 5000 phono. Plasma tweeters
I would be careful with such statement. IMO it drives loudspeaker choice, not preference - two very different things.
For example, for rock my preference goes to JBL DD66000 or German Physics Gaudi, but as I listen little to rock I choose other type of speakers.
No; I am not unable to relax and concentrate when listening to digital.
If you want go deep add two ripol sub perless sls 2×12" per side. Works pretty fine deep and fast.80hz 24db
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Or 4 ae 15" woofer
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