JezA;485941 Wrote: > tomjtx, the Linn engineers who you call "musically illiterate" include > guys who have made award winning classical music and jazz recordings. > > Why don't you get your facts right before you hurl abuse? > > What recordings have you made, that we may judge your competence from? > > What other top-end hi-fi company has made such a large body of high > quality recordings?
The recording engineers aren't necessarily the one's that came up with that silly PRAT terminology. Besides, they are engineers, not musicians. I have been a professional classical guitarist for over 30 years, am internationally active and have years of ear training and grad degrees. Western classical music invented a descriptive terminology hundreds of years ago that is now in worldwide use. We have a vocabulary of expression in music that has extraordinary breadth and depth. I have Doctoral, Masters and Bachelor students from all over the word and teaching them the subtle differences that exist between ,for example, a ritard and ritennuto, is part of the job. If one can name an expressive device and think it then it is easier to hear it. Learning the expressive vocabulary make one a more astute and satisfied listener. It also makes one a more discerning judge of the "musicality" of a stereo system. Using PRAT is akin to relying on a blind mans description of a painting. Linn would have been well advised to learn that terminology to hone their listening skills. That is , if they were sincere in their effort. It is obvious that PRAT is just another marketing gimmick to delude musically uneducated people to buy overpriced Linn gear. I have attended Linn demos. As a trained musician I find myself feeling embarased for the Linn "engineers" when they display there utter lack of musical knowledge. -- tomjtx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60169 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
