slimkid;185653 Wrote: > However, this is supposed to be unbiased comaprison of the high > level/priced components. Everybody (who is into the music) knows how > the piano, bass, human voice or any natural recordable sound sounds. So > we know the criteria when it comes to judging the performance of the > piece of gear. I don't know how the electric guitar in Black Sabbath > (or Pink Floyd) really sounds and neither do you. > K
Of course you can know how an electric guitar sounds in a real acoustic. You just have to consider the amplifier as part of the instrument. Musicians certainly do - guitarists put as much care into the choice of amp as of guitar. There are plently of web sites out there discussing the sounds of guitar amps, and how they change with different brands of tubes. This is analogous to saying that you can't really know how a violin sounds, since it won't make any sound without a bow. An electric guitar isn't a complete instrument without an amp, just like a violin isn't a complete instrument without a bow. One of the ways I judge a system is how much it can make an electric guitar sound the same as I hear in, say, a blues club. This is just as important as how it makes the horns or drums sound, or how it makes the violins and piano sound on a classical recording. However, as with any other sound, a guitar can only serve as an audio reference if it's recorded without processing. But that's the same as with any instrument. Even the human voice is not useful as a reference if it's subject to the processing used on most pop recordings. -- bobschneider ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bobschneider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33276 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
