I am emphatically a vintage kind of a guy. My bias toward vintage gear stems from my love of vintage guitars and amplifiers and stomp boxes. Any time I've test driven modern gear, I got disappointed by the coldness and a lack of finesse one finds in well preserved vintage equipment. This bias then got carried over to audio gear as well. I prefer hand-build vintage amps, speakers, etc. Furthermore, I also have a soft spot for vintage recordings; stuff recorded back in the 50's, 60s, early to mid 70s. I'm often using some 50+ years old recordings when evaluating upgrades in my audio system.
However, yesterday I sat down to listen to Rastrillos "Se Acabo El Reve" (http://www.amazon.com/Se-Acabo-El-Reve-Rastrillos/dp/B000UX4GVQ/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1326136556&sr=8-6), which is a CD recorded only a few years back. I was expecting a few minutes of cringing in my chair, because I dislike modern 'loudness war' production. Much to my surprise, I found myself enjoying the recording so much, that I just couldn't stop listening. Yes, the music is great, but also there was something extremely seductive about the production, about the way the recording sounds. This got me thinking: perhaps I was tossing the baby out with the bath water as I was pre-emptively dismissing modern recordings? Not only was this CD very pleasant sounding, it also offers certain quality of sound that I don't hear in the old vintage recordings. There is certain firmness, fullness, solidity and expansiveness to the sound, that is just mesmerizing. Anyone else has good listening experiences with contemporary/modern recordings? -- magiccarpetride ------------------------------------------------------------------------ magiccarpetride's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92914 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
