How do I experience Jimi Hendrix?

[m0ofassa]

great sound isnt necessary to enjoy hendrix. Great musicianship improves your appreciation. the trick is to not listen to what it sounds like, but instead what he is playing and how he is playing it... (slightly different)

 

[Redcarmoose]

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[Redcarmoose]

Are You Experenced was just remastered and sounds great! The question Jimi is asking is "are YOU experenced?" I think it's about $10.00 USD now. Make sure your with friends or with a friend.

 

[Peter Pinna]

Jimmy Hendricks recordings are not really all that old. They only date back to the late 1960's and early 1970's. I know it's hard for the younger members to believe but recording techniques were at least somewhat advanced during that time period.
Hendricks broke a lot of musical "rules". His playing was not mellow at all. Sometimes it hurt to hear him (because it was loud and dissonant among other reasons). I believe it would be correct to say that Hendricks meant for the listener to be "hurt" or "bothered" by certain aspects of his playing. I believe he meant to affect your emotions by his grating sound. Even if you did not like his music, when he played it was extremely difficult to think of anything other than his playing.
My point here is that it would be very inaccurate to cause Hendricks to sound "smoother" by altering his sound, given that your headphone's frequencies sound as though they are accurate.
If you want a "smooth" guitarists, try Al De Meola, George Benson or one of the "foundations" of modern guitarists, Nick Lucas. They are all very accomplished players and "smooth as silk".

 

[BigTony]

Jimi is not what i'd call as 'headphone' friendly, his style and searing guitar doesn't suit. On a big rig, with volume, you'll get that imersion in the sound that jimi was into. But if you must use cans, i find Beyers DT770 will give you a pretty decent shot.

 

[panda]

actually for some odd reason i enjoy hendrix more on fones which NEVER happens with any other music.

and asking for mellow & analytical is like asking for hot & cold at the same time. that doesn't make any sense, and if you get it somehow it's going to be a gimmicky mess.

 

[Bradan]

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Originally Posted by panda /img/forum/go_quote.gif actually blazed up is the only way i listen to hendrix, and LOUD!

TRUE

His recordings are terrible. I bet they sounded fine live, but wow, they are very bad recordings, even the remasters.

 

[buddhashenglong]

Ahh, Jimi. Maybe some crossfeed and sound stage would help those hard panned recordings and (gasp) a little EQ. As for not being blown away maybe a little perspective will do the trick. As Jimi was coming up on the chitlin circuit, many of the finest blues records were being made over at Chess, Beatles, Stones, and Cream doing their thing. Jimi came along and his intensity just blew people away, as it still does today.

Deep blues roots with a futuristic soul searching outlook in a three minute pop song is simply genius. One of my earliest memories is being at the doctor's office lobby and hearing Foxy Lady on clock radio and being amazed at the sound so maybe I'm biased. Also, a little liquid goes a long way.

 

[JaZZ]

HD 580/600 would be a good approach. Not too shrill and not too mellow, preserving the rough edges without enhancing them. Moreover: crossfeed is mandatory!

 

[Calexico]

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Originally Posted by ArmAndHammer /img/forum/go_quote.gif I didn't even realize they made music these days. There are a few out there still doing it but most of what I hear is just noise. I am not a big fan but I do appreciate what he and others of his era have done for music today and for music tomorrow. Music back then is timeless. Music made today will be forgotten next week.

Popular music from older times has been replaced with the popular music of now, which unfortunately is not nearly as good. Nonetheless, there are just as many talented artists, they just are going to be forgotten eventually because pop tastes have changed and they are forced/content to establish a very solid fan base away from the mainstream.

 

[mark_h]

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Originally Posted by scytheavatar /img/forum/go_quote.gif That man's music is really overrated... He might have been revolutionary at his time, but he's dated by today's standards. The only way you can 'experience' Hendrix is through the words of his fanboys and not by listening to it yourself.

Eh? I have to vehemently disagree! Axis bold as Love is famously, poorly produced (particularly If 6 was 9) but well engineered, Electric Ladyland is a work of art! They are what they are.

 

[dave650]

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Originally Posted by geremy /img/forum/go_quote.gif Not a fan of Led Zeppelin, srsly?

Listen to the drum sound on 'III', listen for the squeaky speedking pedal, man, I wish that snare was in the centre. Famous for its drum sound.

 

[Max F]

It your cans - the MS-1. I can't see how you can listen to anything without thinking its too ear piercingly bright.

 

[apatN]

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Originally Posted by nakedhand /img/forum/go_quote.gif First you need to get unbelieveably high and then take it from there... *sorry that wasnt all that serious...

Probably the right answer though.

 

[pabbi1]

Try 'First Rays of the New Rising Sun', and don't worry if you don't get it. Some of us grew up on Hendrix, and Electric Blues, and it has never sounded better than now. I first got 'Electric Ladyland' on cassette, and it was wretched - and, yet, wonderful.

Other selectilons - Pali Gap, Axis: Bold as Love, Driftin, Hear My Train a Comin, Room Full of Mirrors, and The New Rising Sun - complete musicianship.

My Hendrix cd collection is at 30+, only exceeded by my Zappa selections. Perhaps it is something that really is locked in time, where if you didn't live it, you simply can't give (a rats @ss about) it.