nodice Posted February 11, 2013 Author Posted February 11, 2013 Some awesome stuff I've gotten into of late to give you an idea of what I am listening to... Marc Benno - snake charmer Buddy Guy - live at legends Stevie Ray Vaughan Fleetwood Any live blues albums seems to play great there are many more but I'm still exploring.
GraemeB Posted February 11, 2013 Posted February 11, 2013 (edited) We're on the same page, especially the challenge of getting hold of well-recorded/mixed music, that hasn't had the original dynamic glory compressed out of it! A good audio system without great music is like a powerful computer without software that makes full use of it's potential. Sitting listening to the redbook CD files of Leonard Cohen's "Old Ideas"....magic! The HD version (192/24) of Stevie Ray Vaughan's album "In Session", with Albert King, sounds stunning too, through the CX4Fs! Edited February 11, 2013 by GraemeB
nodice Posted February 11, 2013 Author Posted February 11, 2013 (edited) We're on the same page, especially the challenge of getting hold of well-recorded/mixed music, that hasn't had the original dynamic glory compressed out of it! A good audio system without great music is like a powerful computer without software that makes full use of it's potential. Sitting listening to the redbook CD files of Leonard Cohen's "Old Ideas"....magic! The HD version (192/24) of Stevie Ray Vaughan's album "In Session", with Albert King, sounds stunning too, through the CX4Fs! Good , I thought i was starting to sound like an arse I haven't listened to much of Leonard, I'll check it out. In session is awesome, I'll have to play it next as I haven't played it with the upgrades yet so looking forward to that. At the moment I am playing Chuck Berry, just a compilation album no title and something that strangely sounded so bad over the years on anything until now. Edited February 11, 2013 by nodice
GraemeB Posted February 11, 2013 Posted February 11, 2013 (edited) Yeah, isn't it a great surprise when you've done various tweaks, some as simple as moving a speaker position/angle, maybe just a 'bit', and suddenly a recording that you previously wondered about, eg too toppy, muddy bass, boxy vocals etc, suddenly sounds so much more balanced and enjoyable. I actually use some such recordings as a reference, particularly if I know they DO sound ok if all else is balanced. We don't all have our audio systems in optimal acoustic settings, and even allowing for other people's ideas about speaker positions, it can still be quite a hit-and-miss process finding a 'sweet spot'. One size does NOT fit all! Edited February 11, 2013 by GraemeB
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