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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: Philosophical approach to build up a good audio system
Post Subject: Music used in auditioningPosted by drdna on: 7/19/2008
This is a question that can perhaps be approached.  There are two ways in which I approach the music I use to tune my system.

First, there are recordings of which I know firsthand the original event.  For example, as a friend to musicians, I am often at live musical events and occasionally at recording sessions.  I know intimately the sound of the music in real life, and I also have the opportunity to play with and listen to a lot of different microphones and recording devices, so I get to know also the effects these different devices have on the sounds of the music being recorded.  Given these things, I have a reasonable idea of what the music should sound like when it is played back, so this gives me a watermark by which to assess the musical playback system.

Second, there are recordings to which I listen and enjoy.  Since these are the things I am really listening to a lot, and in fact the whole reason really for me to have the stereo playback system in the first place, I want these recordings to sound as enjoyable to me as possible.  Thus, I also assess a playback system if it takes my favorite records and brings me closer to the Sound through those records.

Regards,
Adrian

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