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RE: I used to think that was true

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In Reply to: RE: I used to think that was true posted by hahax@verizon.net on February 03, 2025 at 20:56:36

How odd! If you want your kit to deliver sound in any other form than "music", you are clearly less interesting in music than in technical goggledgook!

I'm with Ralph - it doesn't matter a jot how your amplifier does its very simple job (to amplify an audio signal to the level that the speakers can do their work) as long as it still sounds like the music you heard in the concert hall.

The excitement factor of live recordings is so often lost by many amps of all classes, so it's important to home demo a selection before finding the amp that best matches the rest of your system and the room it will be working in - irrespective of class.

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RE: I used to think that was true - hahax@verizon.net 20:51:35 02/04/25 (2)
The problem with a 'musical' system is that yes it almost always sounds 'nice' no matter the input but the great recordings' reproduction are cheated.
- Harry's systems contradicted that assertion - E-Stat 08:16:49 02/08/25 (0)
  The Room 3 systems were most certainly musical but laid bare shortcomings in recordings. I enjoy the music of Dead Can Dance , but at Sea Cliff they were immediately rendered dimensionally flat. No depth of field.
  Painted boats on a painted sky.
  
  Edits: 02/09/25
- I've not found that to be the case. - Ralph 13:31:08 02/06/25 (0)
  I don't want the system editorializing if there's a bad recording. I want it to show off what is good along with the bad.
  
  If it's 'nice' all the time I don't regard that as musical. So a difference of semantics I imagine.

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