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Imaging and Detail.

I am curious as to what everyone feels is the best sound they can achieve from there cd players.
Do you prefer a highly detailed sound with exceptional imaging or do you prefere a more warm sound( some would call it muddled) that subdues the detail and give a more overall smooth listening experence but still retains most of the imaging?

I listen to alot of 70's rock.Led Zepplin, AC-DC,Pink Floyd,Allman Brothers,ect....
This music just does not sound right to me on a very detailed system.The music just does not flow for me with all the detail.Why does everyone put such emphises on all this detail?

With smooth jazz it is superb but with the stlye of music I prefere it is crap.

Shaunp (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

08-08-10

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08-08-10 Shauup, imo it's not all the detail, it's that some systems ... Jaxwired

08-08-10 Detail and warmth are not mutually exclusive. its not a con ... Mapman

08-08-10 What about clarity, air, space? where do these reside for y ... Uru975

08-08-10 I was in the same boat as you. all my rock recordings from ... Stereo5

08-08-10 Shaunp, many of the recordings you listen to just sound terr ... Tvad

08-08-10 I prefer and have a speaker and cable that is detailed and i ... Vernneal

08-08-10 "if you want to listen to 70s rock recordings, you're b ... Mapman

08-08-10: Tvad

08-08-10: Mapman
If the vinyl and setup is good, that can also. If it doesn't, then something is wrong.

No. I don't agree with the statement that something is wrong. In fact, something is right. The system is revealing what's on the recording (if that's the system goal).

Many, many 70s recordings are bright, tizzy and downright annoying; EQ'd to car radios and portable radios. Led Zeppelin in particular...and I really like Led Zeppelin.

If Led Zeppelin sounds good on an audiophile system, then it's not an audiophile system in the common definition of an audiophile system.
Tvad (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

08-08-10 Oh you can just muddle me.. sort of like the mint leaves in ... Sounds_real_audio

08-08-10 If being an audiophile means not listening to the music i lo ... Erikminer

08-08-10 "if led zeppelin sounds good on an audiophile system, t ... Mapman

08-08-10 Point taken, mapman. moving on... Tvad

08-09-10 "if led zeppelin sounds good on an audiophile system, t ... Has2be

08-09-10 audio note an-e spe he (audio note an-e stands) audio note ... Tvad

08-09-10 My speakers are b&w 683's .my pre/pro is rotel rsp 1069 and ... Shaunp

08-09-10 by “detail,” i take it the op means resolution, or perhaps ... Bryoncunningham

08-09-10 I am a big fan of clarity in my audio systems. however to ge ... Elizabeth

08-09-10 My favorite system for 70's rock is the stock system in my f ... Mitch2

08-09-10 Those recordings should sound best when played loud. they s ... Mapman

08-09-10 as much as i usually love to disagree with tvad to rattle h ... Blindjim

08-09-10 Thanks for going to the trouble tvad of listing all the equi ... Has2be

08-09-10 The recordings i mentioned have sounded etched on every syst ... Tvad

08-09-10 I will agree that these recordings often sound bad even on ... Mapman

08-09-10 Having heard ohm speakers in my system a few years ago (and ... Tvad

08-09-10 If forgiving equates to non-fatiguing, i would agree. ohm w ... Mapman

08-09-10 mapman – i agree that the compounding of distortions can ea ... Bryoncunningham

08-09-10 The recording is the recording. 70s rock recordings were co ... Tvad

08-09-10 Most of these recordings are far from perfect. in the words ... Mapman

08-09-10 Tvad. that is interesting point. i remember when i was youn ... Oakleys

08-09-10 exactly right. in college, we'd mix on small auratone speake ... Tvad

08-09-10 I agree with tvad.as a guitarist/ band guy playing and recor ... Toetapfactor

08-13-10 For me, once i got a holographic soundstage; everything else ... Orpheus10

08-17-10 might just be my disc set (remastered collection), but stai ... Summitav