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On a side note, isn't digital 'cold.' and analog 'warm?' Maybe hearing a LP version of a live event will make the instruments sound 'warm' and 'real' to the listener using the DT48.
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i dont think there's necessarily a need to go vinyl to hear warmth...i feel that, depending on the artist and the music, anything on any format can sound warm regardless of production or playback equipment because of what the sound itself can potentially conjure up
as mentioned earlier, certain instruments will sound warmer by default, like the cello but of course there are so many aspects involved with sound that can add to coloration
we can go back to the composer why not...what was his/her mood, reason for writing the piece, point in history, external influences, etc...then the edition of the piece by a certain publisher - did they change certain bowings or add dynamics for a certain effect?...then the school and change in cello tradition and technique...who is the performer? what school is he or she representing? does that said person have a particular trademarked sound? then we go the the recording - is it a live or studio recording? who's the producer? what label is this being recorded for?
back to the instrument, a cello's sound can be dependent on everything from the artist, the strings, the maker, the age, the bow, the rosin, and even the environment (humidity, temperature, air pressure)
then when the recording process begins...the room, the mics, the cables, the positioning, the engineer, the preamps, the power source, etc etc...and then it gets mixed and mastered and somehow the recording gets pressed and into your hands
what then? is it analog or digital? how many components are in your rig? how well matched is everything? how clean is your power? what mood are you in?
and i suppose my point is driven dead by now...but really there are so many things that influence sound and our perception of it - trying to describe sound is such a humorous process at times because it's such an untouchable ethereal concept and we try to use terms and concepts grounded in a much more solidified world to discuss it