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Improvement in Musicality for home theater system

As a first time poster I was hoping to get some feedback on improving the musical delivery, basically more refined sound from my hodgepodge of an old and new system. I have a smaller 16 by 12 room with heavy leather furniture and wood/ area rug, 1904 vintage. Due to the space and budget limitations, I purchased the Revel M126Be’s and had to ditch my 25 year old Proceed AVP for an Antham AVM 70 and had Audio Breakthroughs in Manhassett, NY come out and set it up. They hooked in a 20 year old Velodyne servo driven sub woofer. Now to my question: will replacing a 20 year old plus Adcom 5 channel amp with an Antham or Pass labs be a significant change? For source I mainly use a Blue Sound streamer. 

hondaron
arro222
142 posts
 

I’ve heard the word "musical" as it applies to audio equipment 7 billion times.

I am still unsure of its meaning. "Very musical" means what and what makes a component that acts as a conduit for "music," a component that is not musical?

ghdprentice
6,575 posts
 

@arro222 

 

Primarily it is rhythm and pace. The attribute that connects you emotionally to the music… typically it makes your foot tap… or get emotionally consumed by the music. 
 

it is really easy to get side tracked into hearing more details or more slam and bass, these can lead you away from really natural and musical sound. It took me nearly forty years to be able to immediately sense rhythm and pace. Tonal balance, detail etc are much easier to sense and in many ways much less important.

bpoletti
1,540 posts
 

Most people do not pay enough attention to their room acoustics.  I would focus there.

tylermunns
600 posts
 

I’m really glad someone asked about the term, “musical.”

The word, in this application, seems almost comical, to say nothing of it being extremely vague.

 

 

arro222
142 posts
 

@ghdprentice 

So if 
"music" you hear thru an audio component begins to make you want to tap your feet, it is considered a "musical component"?

I have heard music at weddings that didn't make me want to do that although the band was considered "musical".

I would think it has more to do with "musical taste" no matter if played thru a $50,000 audio system or a transistor radio.

When a teenager, I guess transistor radios were considered "musical".

Who knew.

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