Beagle
His body's not a canvas, and he wasn't raised by apes.
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Nope..
Not at all..
Not unless real instruments and live music are bright. Which they are not. And live music is not dull and muted either. So don't believe the "lies" that some other phones tell you. Phones that make music nice and safe and all recordings equal.
Notice when live music is at the right volume, it sounds so real ('cause it is)
and unconstrained ('cause it is), and when it is too loud, it's hard on the ears? Same with the RS-1 w/bowls. Find the right volume for a particular recording and the music ebbs and flows naturally and needs no boost or kick on the volume knob to sound real and possessing energy and soul. Notice it does not sound shut in or veiled. Percussion, cymbals, muted trumpets, brass, violin sound closer to the way they do in real life. There is that natural snap of something happening before you.
I think this is the way it should be.
Mind you, some days you don't want live music, you want to relax. But it's not the truth really. It's just how you want it that particular day.
Opinions?
Not at all..
Not unless real instruments and live music are bright. Which they are not. And live music is not dull and muted either. So don't believe the "lies" that some other phones tell you. Phones that make music nice and safe and all recordings equal.
Notice when live music is at the right volume, it sounds so real ('cause it is)
and unconstrained ('cause it is), and when it is too loud, it's hard on the ears? Same with the RS-1 w/bowls. Find the right volume for a particular recording and the music ebbs and flows naturally and needs no boost or kick on the volume knob to sound real and possessing energy and soul. Notice it does not sound shut in or veiled. Percussion, cymbals, muted trumpets, brass, violin sound closer to the way they do in real life. There is that natural snap of something happening before you.
I think this is the way it should be.
Mind you, some days you don't want live music, you want to relax. But it's not the truth really. It's just how you want it that particular day.
Opinions?