Is a highly discerning system enjoyable?
I argue that in terms of musical enjoyment, connection, feeling the musicians and composers maybe a highly discerning system is going too far? Maybe I want the warts airbrushed out. Maybe I like a system that lets me listen to a broader range of recordings without whincing?
Then there’s systems which are discerning of performances vs. discerning of upstream gear. I personally feel they are not the same thing at all.
Lastly, if your room is an acoustic mess, how can you tell?
If you feel strongly either way I'd appreciate examples of the gear that made you go one way or another.
@cdc See if you can find any articles about Steve Lillywhite and his work with U2. The simple answer is they use what we would call sub-par speakers as their reference. Then go listen to U2’s War and see if you can hear everything that’s missing. Then read about how Pink Floyd was mixed. That will explain the chasm between the two approaches.
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Not sure where the disconnect is, @cdc The producer was famous for saying his target listener used a stereo cassette player (i.e. boom box) as his reference. |
@perkri I only heard these on CD, if you have vinyl you may be having a totally different experience than I did. |
@perkri If memory serves, it was remastered, but AFAIK it was just a marketting gimmick. It was not in any way I could tell better. |
Right?
And to think this was before digital drums were really a thing. I mean this is the producer making drums sound awful. |
