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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: Audio Shopping vs. Piano Shopping.
Post Subject: A statement or an apology?Posted by rowuk on: 9/10/2014
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 Romy the Cat wrote:

   
Rowuk, I very much on the same page with you. I do not buy the idea that piano could "ruin" sound of those Tanoys like it was in the case of my guy above or that it makes too much resonance in case of orchestral /chamber music, like in case of Steverinos. There are a lot of modulations of piano plays let say a quintet but they are acoustical modulation but the "piano board got excited by viola tone". I do not see a problem without piano in listening room. I however do not deny that in some cases a presence of a large hollow piece of furniture would have some impacts. To evaluate a magnitude of this impact is a totally different matter. in my case it is absolutely negligible and even undetectable. In case of others it might be detectable. However, I absolutely do not buy the notion that it might "make a loudspeaker to sound bad". If playback does sound bad then fix the actual problem, not the 0.00000001% of problem that might or not might come from piano.
Rgs, Romy

On the other hand, how many really accomplished piano players are really accomplished audio people? Is the piano in many cases "decoration"? In that case, it is easy to blame the piano for all sorts of things - like being bought in the first place...... A Steinway D is a statement in itself however - much like a Macondo - only useful when cared for and played by those with purpose and passion.
The hollow body of the piano is actually (unlike most listening rooms) designed like a violin to be evenly resonant over a great area - a piano with single notes that stick out would not be very useful at all.

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