How can you evaluate a system with highly processed music?


Each to their own.

But can you really evaluate a system by listening to highly processed, electric/electronic music? How do you know what that sounds like?

I like to listen to voices and acoustic music that is little processed. 

Instruments like piano, violin, etc. 

And the human voice. And the joy of hearing back up singers clearly, etc.

Even if full instrumentation backing a natural sounding voice.

(eg.: singer/songwriters like Lyle Lovett or Leonard Cohen)

There is a standard and a point of reference that can be gauged.

 

mglik

Showing 1 response by ccogopher

You can’t evaluate your system’s abilities by playback of electronic and highly produced pop. I found that all my systems can recreate those genres effortlessly. My non-audiophile friends (sounds arrogant of me) always lose their minds when I play something “highly processed” as they experience that emotion that comes with hearing near perfect reproduction of music.. yes, I know that’s subjective….FWIW I’ve found that most of my listening sessions start with electronic music and that after 30 minutes or so I begin to get fatigued. It sounds fantastic initially but I think our brains aren’t suited to long listening sessions with that perfectly articulated sound. If you want to test your system (and acoustics) try a symphony or rock band. Yes, I know the list of variables is endless and subjective and open to fierce debate but these genres will reveal your systems weaknesses much faster than “highly processed” pop/electronic.