blackzarg
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Point taken. I agree with the performance being very important. I know a lot of people with big speaker systems and large subwoofers enjoy the Erik Kunzel / Cincinnati 1812 Festival Overture, but that is one of the most unmusical performances of the piece. I'm embarrassed to demo that to my friends (the 1812 by Jarvi / Gothenburg, on the other hand, is superb!)
That being said, it's always nice to find a recording that has a great performance and great sonics.
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That being said, it's always nice to find a recording that has a great performance and great sonics.
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Originally Posted by khaos974 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Don't bother with HD track, standard CD quality (44kHz/16 bit) is perfectly fine, what makes a track shine is how well the sound engineered mastered it. And you won't make the difference unless you have "golden ears" and some very good gear. I would rather focus on getting "killer music" than "killer quality", learn to enjoy the music first, some of the best music I've heard (eg minor swing by Django Reinhard) is horribly recorded. For now the most convenient medium remains CDs (mostly because of the choice). |
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Originally Posted by pdferguson /img/forum/go_quote.gif Well said. Too many people think higher bit rates and depths automatically confer some sort of musical magic to a recording; they become obsessed with the hardware and software used to produce the music, and lose sight of the music itself. I've been down the rabbit hole of listening to the equipment rather than the music. I understand the seductive appeal of chasing the holy grail of sound quality via HDCD, DVD-Audio, SACD, 24-bit/96 kHz downloads, etc. But when you start down that path, your musical choices shrink to a vanishingly small universe. You spend hours searching for music that fits your gear rather than music you really want to listen to. I'm (mostly) cured of this obsession because I realized that most, if not all, the music I want to listen to are on regular old CDs. Just rip them (losslessly), get a good DAC, amp and speakers, then forget about the hardware and ENJOY THE MUSIC. |