Many so called audiophile recordings are musically a pain in the a..hem... ears. Well recorded, but no musical content of lasting value IMO. All more noteable, the exceptions to this rule, of course ! An audiophile, who is a music lover, will by necessity have to listen to music, which is badly recorded from time to time. ( Recent example: Abado's rendering of the Beethoven Symphonies with the BPO on DGG ) This is the main reason, by the way, why I personally find the idea, that a stereo rig should be built up in a way, that it must aproximate a facsimile of the recording venue as closely as possible, a bit questionable. If for example my listening were to be confined to the music on HP's list of best sounding recordings on TAS, I'd probably soon get bored. So I've built up my stereo in a way, to give me a bit of leeway in voicing it one way or another, with the intent, to bring out most of the musical content of the recording I'm listening to, no matter how well or badly it was recorded. Its a tricky undertaking and I feel the prerequisite for it is a good aural memory of all sorts of live music.
What do you choose first SOUND or MUSIC?
Hi folks,
We all like music otherwise we wouldn't spend bucks to listen to it's best. I have a friend who has a very decent inexpencive high-end setup and he mostly sacrifices the music he likes to a beeter recorded albums. Another words does that make a sence to listen to the music that is only good recorded to get the best from your stereo system in sacrifice to what you realy like to listen? I love Jethro Tull and I know that most of its albums very poorly recorded. On the other side most of Frank Sinatra's albums are very well mastered but whenever I would play Sinatra is just for the sport to test my stereo.
We all like music otherwise we wouldn't spend bucks to listen to it's best. I have a friend who has a very decent inexpencive high-end setup and he mostly sacrifices the music he likes to a beeter recorded albums. Another words does that make a sence to listen to the music that is only good recorded to get the best from your stereo system in sacrifice to what you realy like to listen? I love Jethro Tull and I know that most of its albums very poorly recorded. On the other side most of Frank Sinatra's albums are very well mastered but whenever I would play Sinatra is just for the sport to test my stereo.