Well, that added nothing to the conversation. ha ha
Garbage In - Garbage Out
Been reading a tremendous amount of information and opinion on what makes up a great stereo system, and all the ways to improve the sound. Seems we give little attention to the music going into the system. There are certain tracks that just make my stereo come alive. I think yeah, that's where the money went! Other tracks are limp. Since some music sounds terrific, the not so much stuff can't be the fault of my equipment, but must be the recording itself. So many recordings suffer from poor engineering, mixing, pressing etc.... I would be interested to hear what your favorite tracks are when you really want to show what your system is capable off. Limit of two selections? Artist - Album - Track. Like:
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way - Shhh/Peaceful (Side One)
Grant Green - Idle Moments - Idle Moments (Title Track)
Miles Davis - In A Silent Way - Shhh/Peaceful (Side One)
Grant Green - Idle Moments - Idle Moments (Title Track)
Showing 4 responses by bigtwin
I think the point of my question has been misunderstood. I am making the assumption that your system is set up the way you like it. You listen to music only a daily basis. You are open to a wide variety of music. Zappa to Zubin Mehta. Average White Band to Amadeus. There are certain tracks that just really shine and make "the music" coming out of your system sound better than most others. Just asking people to share their experience. It's how we expand our horizons? |
Let me take another run at this. Never meant to suggest half my music sounds bad, it fact it in the small minority. Here's a better example. I own many LP's by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. Fabulous collection of musicians through the years. However, like many recording made back then, you have Art's drum kit anchored in the right channel along with the sax, the trumpet (occasionally with trombone) in the left channel and the bass & piano in the center. Quite often the piano sounds muted, as if someone had hung their jacket over the microphone. Blakey's drum solos never really shine as the sound stage is limited to the right channel only. I love the recordings but still wish a bit more care and consideration had been used during recording and mixing. Jump forward to 1985. The folks at Telarc wanted to see how good the Beach Boys could have sounded if they had access to modern recording technology. The California Project brought into the studio a number of musicians, including Mike Love, Dean Torrance, and the members of Papa Doo Run Run. Using full digital recording, and no limiting or compression, they produced an incredible sounding disc. When I want to hear some Beach Boys, I skip Pet Sounds and go directly to The California Project. Telarc CD-70501 So when ask what really makes your system shine, that's what I'm talking about. Some music simply sounds better. |
artemus_5 Down memory lane? In the 50's my father built a killer mono system. 60 watt tube power amp, pre amp, turntable with sliding speed control from 45 - 78. Three Warfedale speakers. Played a lot of classical and show tunes. My first "system" was a pocket crystal radio with ear plug. On a clear night I could pull in signals from a long ways. |