Had an interesting reminder two years ago on the merits of live music, and the difficulties with reproducing it. Was dealing with some health issues, and while recovering, there was a common area where we would chat, play chess etc.
There was a guitar there, and one person played. By no means a virtuoso, but able to play and captivate.
I commented to the player that you had to spend a lot of money on a sound system to get anywhere near the experience of the sound we were experiencing there.
This was a cheap guitar, in a somewhat crappy room acoustically and yet, it sounded so real - because it was.
I'm not so much interested in the measurements, numbers or graphs as far as accuracy goes. But I am interested in reproducing the experience of that intimate sound.
Live events often give us pleasant memories. Sometimes, that live event is listening to the radio while driving with a love interest you just met. Wanting to experience those moments again is important to me.
Again, not so interested in charts and numbers, but I do want to have some kind of emotional resonance that connects back to the real moment.
And as we all have different memories and experiences, we have different interests when it comes to the sonic signatures of our systems.
There was a guitar there, and one person played. By no means a virtuoso, but able to play and captivate.
I commented to the player that you had to spend a lot of money on a sound system to get anywhere near the experience of the sound we were experiencing there.
This was a cheap guitar, in a somewhat crappy room acoustically and yet, it sounded so real - because it was.
I'm not so much interested in the measurements, numbers or graphs as far as accuracy goes. But I am interested in reproducing the experience of that intimate sound.
Live events often give us pleasant memories. Sometimes, that live event is listening to the radio while driving with a love interest you just met. Wanting to experience those moments again is important to me.
Again, not so interested in charts and numbers, but I do want to have some kind of emotional resonance that connects back to the real moment.
And as we all have different memories and experiences, we have different interests when it comes to the sonic signatures of our systems.