Robin Bowes;614069 Wrote: > I'm not disagreeing with your general outlook here, but... > > The stereo recording process captures the nuances of the environment > in > which it was recorded. A good stereo recording through a reasonable > quality reproduction system sounds awesome. I have a recorded > orchestras > with a stereo blumlein pair of good quality microphones and replayed > it > on a low-end audiophile system and the > quality/reality/imaging/whatever > is astounding. I wish I still had the recordings (long story, ex-g/f > has > them). > > I guess what I'm saying is that it's not generally not the playback > equipment where the major improvements can be made. > > R. > Blumlein recordings can be quite spectacular (as can others) but once again face a certain set of limitations. Often they don't play back well on speakers in rooms, and can also present an issue if one moves about during playback since the recording only contemplates one position for a listener during playback. While they can sound quite realistic under some circumstances, that's not a guarantee. (It is not too hard to find people who think Blumlein recordings are terrible.)
That gets back to my original point. Recording music and playback in a home is a series of compromises. Under some circumstances the results can be phenomenal for some, but no one has come up with a universal standard yet. However, I'd agree that much could be done to improve recordings. I'm not holding out much hope things will broadly change anytime soon. -- mlsstl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85922 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
