moshulu;177298 Wrote: > Most of the responses in this thread have put " music first", but I must > admit that I am skeptical. In the real world, 90% percent of music that > is reproduced by a/v systems is of the "popular" genre. That is, the > performers have (let's be kind) modest vocal or instrumental abilities, > and whatever they manage to produce goes instantly into miles of > circuitry and is processed to death with computers. Even in a live > performance, the relation between the voice/instrument and the ear is > convoluted and artificial. So - who is to say what this music is > SUPPOSED to sound like? In this case,the very concept of high > fidelity has no meaning, because there is no original sound to compare > with. What do Madonna or 50 Cent "really" sound like? No one knows, > or can possibly know. Thus, any statement about the quality of a hi-fi > system is purely subjective, reflecting the tastes of the listener. > Classical music, of course, is different, because anyone who cares > about it is familiar with the naked sound of the human voice, or of a > piano. But classical fans (like myself) are doomed because even the > finest hi-fi systems do not remotely approach the quality of live > sound. So what can be done? In my case, it involves trying to > actually build the best possible equipment, using the finest > components. But that is a separate universe, far removed from music > itself. > > moshulu
I agree that no one knows (or cares, probably) what Madonna or 50 cent "really sound like". However, there are a lot of other musical genres out there beyond classical that fans can appreciate "the naked sound of the human voice, or of a piano", that a good audio system can really help deepen the musical enjoyment. Acoustic blues, jazz, world-music, "unplugged" rock, bluegrass, folk, etc... -- PhilNYC Sonic Spirits Inc. http://www.sonicspirits.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PhilNYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=837 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32378 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
