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We're wasting our time!
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 11:49 pm
by Diapason
On Thursday night I listened to Ben van Oosten's recording of Widor 8 at St Ouen in Rouen. Tonight, I sat in the building and heard Ben van Oosten play Widor 8 live in St Ouen. I'm here to tell you that we're wasting our time with this hifi lark. Good God I've never heard anything like it.
Re: We're wasting our time!
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 12:44 am
by PeterK
I have often thought that!!
Re: We're wasting our time!
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 12:53 am
by Ivor
They are separate pursuits Simon, live is live and processed is exactly that. I take your point. We need to get out more.
Re: We're wasting our time!
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 8:20 am
by fergus
Can' beat live music! Two ingregients missing from "processed" music are atmosphere and sometimes that tangible audience excitement which their participation brings.
Re: We're wasting our time!
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:11 am
by Diapason
Although at least at home you don't have people taking behind you and mobile phones going off...
Re: We're wasting our time!
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:20 am
by Sloop John B
I remember coming home after listening to Angela Hewitt in the Art Gallery a few years ago now and feeling very depressed at how absolutely sterile her CD now sounded.
However when it comes to genres other than classical / acoustic music the difference is much less and certainly I've gone to many live (let's call them rock) concerts and only wished they sounded as good as my system at home.
SJB
Re: We're wasting our time!
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 12:19 pm
by fergus
Diapason wrote:Although at least at home you don't have people taking behind you and mobile phones going off...
Yes indeed, I forgot about the ignoramuses [of is that ignorami?!?!]!
Re: We're wasting our time!
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 8:06 pm
by jkeny
Yes, the goal of hi-fi thing is to produce a reasonable illusion.
With 2 channel stereo it's still a pretty precarious illusion, I believe.
Mind you "Live" concerts that are using electronic amplification & speakers are more like our reproduction systems than we would like to admit although our reproduction systems lack the scale & acoustics of the recording venue - that is assuming that a recording venue was used in the recording (& suitable miking techniques used) & not a studio recreation of some acoustic space.
Re: We're wasting our time!
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2015 10:44 pm
by Kevin
Similarly (sort of), I am a regular attender at the cinema for 'Live in HD' opera feeds from the Met in New York. The cinema makes great claims about the'HD' element of it, surround sound etc. But without a doubt I get much better sound at home from a Bluray feed into my Harbeths. Obviously I would prefer to be at the real thing, but I don't live in New York!