Allan F Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 16 hours ago, gmgraves said: Forget trying to rationalize this subject with Frank. He truly seems to believe that even bad recordings can be made to sound state-of-the-art with "correctly"* set-up playback gear. An absolutely absurd notion, IMO. GIGO applies to music reproduction as much as it does to computer science and/or mathematics. While steps can be taken to decrease the effect of some characteristics of bad recordings to make them more listenable, a bad recording can't be turned into a good one on playback. Teresa 1 "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
Allan F Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 4 hours ago, gmgraves said: I'm afraid that I have no idea what you're on about with this post! Where in the world did you get a figure like -3dB at 70 Hz? What does it have to do with my reply to Frank about what constitutes a realistic recording? Have you been smoking Mexican laughing tobacco, Peter? The more generally employed expression, George, is wacky tobacky. "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
Allan F Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 7 hours ago, PeterSt said: I know, because I have all these instruments for the purpose and use them as a means to check the playback of them. At what volume level do you need to listen to the washer and dryer in order to hear their tonality accurately? "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
Allan F Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 8 minutes ago, anwaypasible said: yet the length of this thread & how balderdash the quantifiable details are, there is more done to demoralize wishful thinking at a place meant to build the industry than there is profit making it to your stocks & bonds. Would you care to tell us what this means in English? daverich4 1 "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
Allan F Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 7 hours ago, semente said: A friend of mine decided to learn the bagpipes at one time. I asked him to show off his skills but soon regretted it; the damn thing was just too loud for his small living room... As played by too many pipers, bagpipes are too loud if you can hear them at all. "Relax, it's only hi-fi. There's never been a hi-fi emergency." - Roy Hall "Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - William Bruce Cameron Link to comment
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