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Where is the weakest link when things get big?
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<blockquote data-quote="alternativeroute" data-source="post: 97367" data-attributes="member: 1115"><p>My experience with going to see the orchestra live versus listening at home is that I can quite easily match the volume of the live orchestra (its not that loud - nowhere near rock concert levels). What I cannot however match is the 'fullness' of the sound... When the live orchestra (+ choir) gets big the sound is by no means quiet, the sound is both loud and (more importantly) lucid. On my home system the sound (when the orchestra (+ choir) gets big), the sound tends to harden in the treble... mid-range gets messy. Only the bass end of the spectrum seems to hold up and reproduce (reasnonly faithfully)...</p><p></p><p>One of the older LP's in my collection recommends that (amongst other things including the use of EMITEX) the record should be played at <em><strong>'full room volume'</strong></em>... What exactly is meant by that? Did make me wonder whether ot not there are volume (as in decibel) limitations to a room size.... So one room may cope with 98db but take the same equipment into another room with different (size +) characteristics and it might sound better at 88db etc...</p><p></p><p>Compression does help but then compression also makes for a fatiguing listen...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> ;D</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alternativeroute, post: 97367, member: 1115"] My experience with going to see the orchestra live versus listening at home is that I can quite easily match the volume of the live orchestra (its not that loud - nowhere near rock concert levels). What I cannot however match is the 'fullness' of the sound... When the live orchestra (+ choir) gets big the sound is by no means quiet, the sound is both loud and (more importantly) lucid. On my home system the sound (when the orchestra (+ choir) gets big), the sound tends to harden in the treble... mid-range gets messy. Only the bass end of the spectrum seems to hold up and reproduce (reasnonly faithfully)... One of the older LP's in my collection recommends that (amongst other things including the use of EMITEX) the record should be played at [i][b]'full room volume'[/b][/i]... What exactly is meant by that? Did make me wonder whether ot not there are volume (as in decibel) limitations to a room size.... So one room may cope with 98db but take the same equipment into another room with different (size +) characteristics and it might sound better at 88db etc... Compression does help but then compression also makes for a fatiguing listen... ;D [/QUOTE]
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