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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: My Audio Philosophy
Post Subject: A lot of wordsPosted by rowuk on: 10/21/2019
Hi Amir,I have many trumpets, some for early music, some for historical playing, some for jazz, some for modern symphony playing. One thing that I teach my students is that the instrument must never be an excuse. We can play stylistically correct with many different trumpets. I choose the instruments because of their „inspiration“ inside me, for their palette of colors. This has nothing to do with an audio event.

Proper playback assumes that we understand the „Real“ geometry, that we understand articulation as it applies to voices and instruments. Only then does transient behavior make sense. It also assumes that we are familiar with Sound in space. Does the space fit the music, or is it too large or too small. Are voices plausible, not etched in space. LF and HF extension are optional when listening. Our brain can insert LF proxy information. At a live classical concert, none of the better seats has response over 15-16K and no one is bothered.
Audio recreation assumes experience, not „smarts“. Knowledge in itself is useless. The practical application towards musical goals is a very big subject. Our path gets more valid the more questions that we ask - not the more answers that we believe to have.

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