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In the Thread: Matching audio to music: false

Post Subject: We have -some- agreement,Posted by Axel on: 8/19/2009

OK, and that relates to your observation of 'not enjoying the music for the tuning' of the system, and not being able to listen to one piece of music at the time --- I think it is also called "Audio-Nervosa".

As far as the venue is concerned, it is part and parcel of a performance! Want to listen to Mahler played in the closet?! Want to listen to a piece of music written for FULL orchestra played by a chamber ensemble? Surely not.
If I'd take your approach literally, I only need the sheet-music, and play it all in my head - the rest is superfluous and only adds BS to the real sonic experience. Agreed, if I were Mozart it might work for me just fine, lucky enough I'm not his type of genius (I'd be long dead...)

Lastly these 'high-end' folks you have quoted are in the wrong game (and quite some are) they aught to be acoustic-hobbyists rather, since their aim is not music as you say, but only sound-performance. They only listen to snippets of music because it is less annoying then listening to a sign-wave generator - fair enough.

However, if you DO listen to music it needs a high degree of 'something' in order to make real sense, revealing intrinsic content.
Listen to Ravel, Mahler, Beethoven, or even some beautifully played solo instrument with a 'wanting' replay-rig you have just turned it all into 'elevator music', and that's why I have some disagreement, begged to differ, with what you said.
Greetings,
Axel

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