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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: About the Playbacks’ Thinkability.
Post Subject: AccessabilityPosted by Paul S on: 1/31/2009
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Adrian, I was thinking about what you said and I realized that at this point I am actually getting more music from more of my records now than I have done ever before. Yes, I do get "more" when the electricity is nice, but the most wonderful thing I have gotten is not the "best sound" - as great as that is - but rather it has been access to music via older recordings that are probably deemed marginal or even bad by most listeners, let alone most audiophiles. So, while I still have a number of issues with my system that I aim to address, I swear I will back track to sonic mediocrity if I have to in order to be able to continue to mine the "poor" older recordings for their musical content.
I think I do not confuse my present love of older recordings with mere nostalga, but more than before I enjoy scores and performances, per se, and this is the biggest reason why I regard my system as "better". For a while there, every system change I made that "improved" the sound also limited my musical choices. But the most recent round of changes has had the opposite effect, much to my delight, and I have been amazed by how well great performances of great music survive even poor recordings. Also, and perhaps more specific to this thread, I think it is possible to get both better sound and more music from more recordings at the same time.
This brings me back to the Great Satan, Bad Electricity. Perhaps you would comment on your own progress on this front, in the appropriate thread?
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site