"Audio Without Numbers" by Herb Reichert

[Rt66indierock]

Herb gave some great advice in an article he wrote for Sound Practices in the nineties "The Search for Audio Tranquility." It is hard to believe the same man wrote both articles. 

[Rt66indierock]

On 4/19/2018 at 3:47 PM, fas42 said:

 

It's axiomatic for me, because I experience it. I don't have to prove that the rays of the sum make me feel warm - I just 'know' it, because it happens every time I go out out into the daylight. Conventional ambitious audio playback makes me feel very distressed, very quickly, because I can hear all the things it's doing wrong - once you become aware of some factor that you were blissfully ignorant of before, it then smacks you in the face every time you come across it from then on ... part of the human condition. Trying to go into some robotic, sciencey framework, to deal with it, doesn't cut it, I'm afraid.

 

Those who are very happy with their systems as is should perhaps ignore me - those who are curious are warned that it may become a deep itch if you realise what is possible ...

 

The way I look at this you would be very distressed with one of my most important musical influences and enough of a favorite that I traveled to Austin Texas to hear them play together again in 2016. All American Music by the Flatlanders was only issued on 8 Track. I wouldn't miss their music because the format was hardly high fidelity.