davei
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I don't quite understand your sentences, but this is what I'm thinking:
- favorite CD in crappy boombox = great, enjoyable, why else is it my favorite CD?!
- favorite CD in high-end CD player with similarly high-end interconnects, amp, and headphones ($$$) = great, enjoyable, it's still my favorite CD, but now that my equipment resolves all the details of the recording (in effect "extracting" all possibilities out of the recording with a minimum of coloration; an "ideal" digital if you will), it turns out the CD sounds bad (recorded poorly)
- therefore, spend more $$$$ to color the signal ("dumb" it down, mask the deficiences) = fun (also funny)
As I said before, turn it up, it's your favorite CD, enjoy the music. Jeez, I still get a major kick (and chills) listening to Robert Johnson, whose recordings are lo-fi at best.
Originally posted by kuma there's something to be said about less resolving systems. I don't think not all forgiving systems are bad per se. After all, if you can't hear majority of your favorite recording what good does 'resolving' systems do for anyone? Having all the resoulution isn't the only way to get the good tunes. that said, resolution and musicality can co-exist but it takes time and quite often it is not cheap yet, throwing ton of money at it isn't a solution either. |
I don't quite understand your sentences, but this is what I'm thinking:
- favorite CD in crappy boombox = great, enjoyable, why else is it my favorite CD?!
- favorite CD in high-end CD player with similarly high-end interconnects, amp, and headphones ($$$) = great, enjoyable, it's still my favorite CD, but now that my equipment resolves all the details of the recording (in effect "extracting" all possibilities out of the recording with a minimum of coloration; an "ideal" digital if you will), it turns out the CD sounds bad (recorded poorly)
- therefore, spend more $$$$ to color the signal ("dumb" it down, mask the deficiences) = fun (also funny)
As I said before, turn it up, it's your favorite CD, enjoy the music. Jeez, I still get a major kick (and chills) listening to Robert Johnson, whose recordings are lo-fi at best.