High end contradiction...

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited July 2010
    TECHNOKID wrote: »
    Exactly my tought. I relize pure neutral gear does not exist but trying to achieve reproduction of what was intended by the engeneer(s) is my goal. I realize many on this board strive for coloration but it is definitely not my cup of tea as I am after what the creators of the music piece intended to do not trying to modify it to my liking (afterall IMHO the engeneers should know better, right?)

    I totally disagree. The engineers are no different than we are. They have their likes and dislikes and some of them are downright crazy.

    TECHNOKID wrote: »
    So I could understand you properly, are you telling us you know better than the sound engeneers?

    So the engineers are your god!?! and shouldn't be open to to having their original product changed. What about the nuts who compress great music. Do you like compressed music? I have several albums of some really great music that is so compressed it makes me sick . . . so yeah I'm telling you I know better than the sound engineers when it comes to the flavor of my music. Take a look at George Martin, how he butched the original Beatles albums, tell me he wasn't crazy and now he's deaf. I know how I like music to sound so damned the engineers I'm going to build my rig based on how I like the music to sound. Anyone who wants the music to sound, in their rig, exactly the way the engineer intended it has plently of gear options to attain that goal or close to it, but it's going to cost you.

    TECHNOKID wrote: »
    I agree except for a very few situations, tone controls are to be avoided at all costs.

    Tone controls induce noise engaged or disengaged. I have had no tone controls in my rig since the mid '80s.
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  • Cpyder
    Cpyder Posts: 514
    edited July 2010
    heiney9 wrote: »
    It's ALL about linearity. The more linear your gear the closer you are to how a recording is supposed to sound. That's really all there is too it. You are at the mercy of the recording more than you are at the mercy of gear.

    H9

    Very true.

    Don't forget to mention the room itself, although. A perfectly linear system can easily sound horrible due to the room's reflections and resonant frequencies. The room itself applies a gain to your music just like an amplifier does, which is bad because it doesn't apply a linear gain. It applies peaks and toughs here and there depending upon the shape and characteristics of the room itself. Room treatment and system linearity for the win!
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