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Well said David, I think is a key reason why we see all of these 60's, 70's and 80's bands still able to make a living while many are way past their prime. Because, their music was made by the artist, not the engineer. And yes I know I am showing my age.
I would agree with that if it weren't for the fact that having attended many of these shows, there are an awful lot of 20 somethings in attendance As the saying goes good music is timeless.
I do stay current on music, and nothing is worse than loving a song and being unable to listen to it because the engineering so abysmal.
Meh and shrug. I've come to think of auto-tune as akin to the megaphone of the twenties or the slap back of the fifties or the endless panning of the sixties. It's all just fashion and momentary style. Someday auto-tune will make me smile and think back when I hear it. By the way, I listened to Sigur Ros for the first time yesterday and I'm pretty sure they added a track of vinyl surface noise into the mix at one point... As Kilgore Trout would say, "So it goes."
Couldn't have anything to do with the baby boomer demographic could it? My 90 year old mother listened to Lawrence Welk until her dying day... I listen to "my music" but try to stay somewhat contemporary too, as well as delving into the past.
Meh and shrug. I've come to think of auto-tune as akin to the megaphone of the twenties or the slap back of the fifties or the endless panning of the sixties. It's all just fashion and momentary style. Someday auto-tune will make me smile and think back when I hear it. By the way, I listened to Sigur Ros for the first time yesterday and I'm pretty sure they added a track of vinyl surface noise into the mix at one point... As Kilgore Trout would say, "So it goes."
interesting ideas, i was actually thinking of autotune a few days ago. and thinking how it ultimately affects music as a whole.
Quote:I went to a local Head-Fi meet and in an after-after meet, I got to try out the Stax Lambda Signature and Sigma Pro earspeakers.
@ DavidMahler, what amp did you use with the Sigma's? I found them to be very bassy and congested, not ideal for orchestra nor acoustic tracks from my listen. They had a LOT of mid bass and not much extension. Looking at your review for the Sigma, it almost seems the opposite experience I had. XD
I found the Lambda Signature to be much more transparent and open-sounding in comparison.
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I also tried the LCD-2 with an Objective 2 amp, as I stated I would do earlier in the thread, and I have to re-evaluate my preferences for them since they sounded really great! Most of the rigs here pair it with tube amplifiers and I NEVER liked the LCD-2's with them. With the O2, I actually enjoyed it so much as to give it a good amount of head-time. Now if only they weren't so heavy.....I had to keep it on my head with two hands since they kept sliding off my head.
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I tried the HE-500 too. With a Woo Audio WA7, the sound was smooth and pretty neutral. On the Objective 2, which is what I would use were I to buy the HE-500, I noticed an annoying treble peak at around 10 kHz, which is the case from what I see in Tyll's Innerfidelity measurements.
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strangely, I missed this wonderful post! Curious, do you know if your Sigma was the Pro, standard version or the version to incorporate 404 drivers? Either way, I use the BHSE with it. I agree with you tho that there is a mid-bass bump and the bass overall is sort of a mixed bag.
Nice videos!
EDIT: Never mind, I have noted that you are using the Sigma Pro
my analogy would be this:
autotune is to music what steroids are to athletics.
all artists today who would be considered great singers instead have an asterisk next to their name in the long run.
because they have been using performance enhancers.
give me the pre-steroid Bo Jackson.
or the pre-autotune Whitney Houston.
you can keep all the current crap on the radio...