On 02/27/2011 12:45 PM, Phil Leigh wrote: > To a degree, yes... but 80% of my collection comprises amplified > instruments and close mic'd vocals recorded in studios
that describes well all of the pop, rock, hiphop, county, etc. in the world. And at least 80 percent of my collection as well. But as audiophiles, I think we should aspire to a higher level. If you consider just electric guitars and synths, the guitars are not the instrument, its the guitar plus its amp (and any effects petals). You don't care about the sound of the guitar. With synths, there is no real sound there, all you can get are the non-real signals that the synth makes thought its amplifiers. Guitar amps are supposed to distort. Its part of the definition of an electrical guitar. How one tells the distortion caused by the playback chain and the distortion caused by the guitar/amp or synth is left as an exercise to the student. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
