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In Reply to: When is Accurate Musical Recording the goal ? posted by tomservo on April 19, 2007 at 15:04:06:
If the listener desires a truly neutral system, one should be able to hear the recording set up: right or wrong, real or artificial. If you like the sound of a particular venue, well, then, you can make some recordings sound that way, but not not others. You will be forever tweaking and changing, depending on your current musical tastes.The problem is how to define neutrality. I originally started out by purchasing recordings which had copious amounts of recording information: RCA's, Decca's, Mercury's, certain jazz recordings, etc.
Through many hours of listening, I eventually came to the point where I could discern the actual microphone placement. Mind you, not every or any recording sounded really superb (I have heard them sound better in certain other systems). Every recording had its own personality, however, and overall the system is more 'accurate'.The soundstage and tonality presented falls in line with the known recording techniques and known tonal characteristics.Then later I got very lucky and got the opportunity to make a recording of our local Youth Symphony and another organization. I then had the experience very few listeners have: listening to a live unamplified recording, the recording of that event, and being able to sit where the microphones were set up. It made for a very interesting double check, with very known variables.
Stu
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