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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: About the Playbacks’ Thinkability.
Post Subject: Audio recording and reproductionPosted by drdna on: 1/31/2009
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 Stitch wrote:
Whenever I had contact with "Audiophiles" and I asked about the impressions about a component, I get 99% always the same answer: "....too analytical for me....whoa strong bass...I like it faster...I prefer more highs...I prefer more bass..."

I think, I had some luck, at the beginning from my Hobby I met some record collectors (Living Stereo, Deccas....) and when I listened to these on their Systems, I never thought about Hardware, it went totally out of its way.
I think most audiophiles are focused on frequency response, NOT that it be flat mind you, but that it be a certain way to suit their ears. It may not suit your ears, as you may not have high frequency hearing loss, etc.

However, the limit of this is being able to say "the violins sounded like violins should." Most listeners ignore the dynamic response of a system, the type of distortions introduced, the accuracy of reproduction of the original waveform, the quantum issues.

The vast majority of things that give us information about a performance of a musical piece are preserved or lost in the recording process, not in the reproduction by the audio system.

Adrian

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