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In the Thread: My site and Your expectation from my playback.
Post Subject: Attitude or Altitude? Those Shroud of Turin on audio…Posted by Romy the Cat on: 5/14/2011
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 Markus wrote:
When I go to hear someone's system, I ask the owner to show me why it sounds the way it sounds. Some people understand the question and play me the music that is emotionally important for them, the music that has to "work". Sometimes, I learn something from the visit.

A wrote exactly about it. I find it very important moment: to see what and how people willing to show the capacity of own playback. The “what” ingredient is no less important than “how” ingredient, I have mentioned it in the article” The most emblematic recording? “. You are absolutely right- some people get and some are absolutely not get it. Interesting that sometime only by hearing that “the most showy” recording that a person keep as the ultimate expression of his playback it is possible to lose interest to anything that a person to do in audio. I had it many TIMES, perhaps it is my maximalist of moronity, I do not know and frankly do not care but I very much practice this behavior.

I remember in 2001 I visited late Lars Fredell, looks like experienced person and what he demonstrated to me during entire day was interesting and educational. Do not forget that I was less experienced with many aspects of audio 10 years back. Then in the very end of the visit he told me that he will be playing to me something absolutely special that in his view is absolute epiphany of audio. He went to his shelf with probably the most valuable recording and took a CD. I very much saw the way how he handled this CD, he opened it up as he would unwrap the Turin Shroud. I know this feeling; I have some of those recordings myself. So, as Lars played the CD I was shocked how non-interesting and musically primitive it was. It was some kind of Swedish version of Patricia Barber singing something irrelevant…  Atr that tine I got an instant perspective what audio-wise Lars was all about….
 
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