LOL. We're all friends here, cybot.cybot wrote:Can I go now ;)
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LOL. We're all friends here, cybot.cybot wrote:Can I go now ;)
DiapasonDiapason wrote:Aleg, I would have been 100% on your side up until quite recently, but I've realised that quality of recording dictates my listening far too much now, and I want to do something about that. I'm a bit tired of putting on, e.g. Led Zeppelin and then turning it off straight away because it sounds horrible. Now, some of this is probably a function of my own system not *actually* giving me the truth, but one way or the other I'm starting to wonder if my old view of "bad recordings should sound bad" really makes any sense. As sebna says, I'm in it for pleasure, and if I discover that a lot of my recordings don't sound all that pleasurable, maybe I should change my approach?
I'm torn on this question, though, and I'll probably end up trying to find some kind of middle ground a la DaveF. I mean, ultimately you have to ask "what is truth in recording?" and all that.
This. Studio engineers and producers are (generally) not working to the same parameters that we are. They are trying to capture detail and perhaps a certain sense of space but the criteria they have is quite different from ours. I've had musicians sit in front of my system listening to their own recordings and hearing details for the first time or hearing instruments presented in a different way than they thought they were recorded. They liked what they heard but it does beg the question what is "truth" in a recording? If you take a studio amp or speakers home you'll get a very different presentation... all detail... very little warmth.DaveF wrote:But thats the key issue. We don't know how the real performance was because we weren't there.nige2000 wrote:
Is it not a realism of the recordings were after
Can you vote twice?Diapason wrote:I'm finding this all very interesting. Poll added.
I think I specifically disabled that option! You can change your vote, though, should you find yourself convinced by the opposing team.tony wrote: Can you vote twice?