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In the Thread: Perspective?
Post Subject: A Dozen "Perfect Recordings"? The Stopped ClockPosted by Paul S on: 9/19/2023
If the idea is to avoid winding up with just a few recordings that sound good via ones system, then one must somehow deal with inevitable variations in the "native presentation" that "inheres in the recording". Softening the sound of the system is one way to do it, so differences are smoothed over. Another way is to focus on certain aspects of recordings, and I think this is what most "hi-fi" is all about; one simply prefers and ultimately adopts a certain more-or-less fixed presentation. And it's hard to knock this approach, since increasing differences, per se, eventually brings one face to face with the recordings, per se, including the plain fact that plenty of recodings have fairly ridiculous perspectives, including overdubs, etc., with conflicting perspectives. As an example, probably most of us have heard systems that pretty much lock on "Row M". While there are times when it will "work perecctly", there are times when it won't work perfectly. The question remains, how to present The Sound in order to get Music from the most possible sources? I have remained a slowly-rolling stone over the decades, taking different perspectives in order to keep the Music I love fresh and alive. People talk about going through all their records again, and I know just what they're talking about. I'm down to maybe 1,000 LPs that I hope stay fresh for me until I croak.
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