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Is there a possibility that our strive towards accuracy is actually counterproductive to musical engagement/enjoyment?
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<blockquote data-quote="AlleyCat" data-source="post: 1140222" data-attributes="member: 2194"><p>What we prefer and what we get/have are two different things just by considering the responses above.</p><p></p><p>The recordings alone can be different, within/by the same artist(s), as per [USER=17918]@JonnyP[/USER] ’s Nirvana mention above. In jazz, Cassandra Wilson, Neenah Freelon, etc, etc, same applies. There’s obvious growth and advancements, take Patricia Barber’s latest compared to her first albums, same engineer Jim Anderson throughout , you can hear the improvements immediately and the older recordings pale in comparison.</p><p></p><p>Each and every system brings to the party it’s own particular sound/colourations and then we also infuse our own particulat taste(s) to bear. At the same time we are so far removed from the real sound - unamplified, real instruments, so even our obsession with accurate is far removed from what is actual and true.</p><p></p><p>Take nothing away from the likes of Morten Lindbergh, Manfred Eicher, Jim Anderson, Bob Katz and many others who are trying to close this eternal gap, technologies improve daily, and yet as an example : there isn’t a day that goes by where you don’t read or see, that vinyl even today still out performs even DSD? (<a href="https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/music-reviews/patricia-barber-nightclub/" target="_blank">Patricia Barber Nightclub - Positive Feedback</a>).</p><p></p><p>I’m beginning to accept that there is no holy grail to getting the ‘perfect sound’, its in your imagination, its what you make of it, and its not about how much money you (want to) throw at it. There are systems out there that cost millions & millions and still sound nowhere near the real thing, let alone what the engineer, artist, etc intended it to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlleyCat, post: 1140222, member: 2194"] What we prefer and what we get/have are two different things just by considering the responses above. The recordings alone can be different, within/by the same artist(s), as per [USER=17918]@JonnyP[/USER] ’s Nirvana mention above. In jazz, Cassandra Wilson, Neenah Freelon, etc, etc, same applies. There’s obvious growth and advancements, take Patricia Barber’s latest compared to her first albums, same engineer Jim Anderson throughout , you can hear the improvements immediately and the older recordings pale in comparison. Each and every system brings to the party it’s own particular sound/colourations and then we also infuse our own particulat taste(s) to bear. At the same time we are so far removed from the real sound - unamplified, real instruments, so even our obsession with accurate is far removed from what is actual and true. Take nothing away from the likes of Morten Lindbergh, Manfred Eicher, Jim Anderson, Bob Katz and many others who are trying to close this eternal gap, technologies improve daily, and yet as an example : there isn’t a day that goes by where you don’t read or see, that vinyl even today still out performs even DSD? ([URL='https://positive-feedback.com/reviews/music-reviews/patricia-barber-nightclub/']Patricia Barber Nightclub - Positive Feedback[/URL]). I’m beginning to accept that there is no holy grail to getting the ‘perfect sound’, its in your imagination, its what you make of it, and its not about how much money you (want to) throw at it. There are systems out there that cost millions & millions and still sound nowhere near the real thing, let alone what the engineer, artist, etc intended it to be. [/QUOTE]
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