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In the Thread: Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV)
Post Subject: Live vs. (Re)producedPosted by Paul S on: 12/28/2024
Ideas abound regarding how close we can come to a live musical event with our hi-fi equipment. There was a time when I bought into the idea of bringing live-sounding jazz into my home, and I built up a nice record collection while listening to jazz, rock, and musicals with my big Fulton (FMI) speakers driven by my first SS amp, a Sony TA-1130 integrated. Pretty sure these were the last speakers I heard demo'd where I wanted simply to duplicate in my home the sound I heard in the salon. It was a long time ago. Looking back, I had no idea at the time how "good" that amp was, and it was not only my first SS amp but it was also my last SS amp for many years, until I found the Marantz MA-9S2s I have used since 2013. Over the years, my own course of "Hi-fi evolution" has involved adapting my system to bring me more and more Music of my choice, an ongoing attempt to hear and relate to more Music, and "bigger" Music in particular, with an emphasis on what I find to be Great Performances of Great Works. Something funny to me is that I have had so many "meh" experiences listening to live music, particulary orchestral and opera. Not to be snobby, but Great Performances are where you find them, and I have to admit that my own focus of listening to Great Music is via my hi-fi. So, shoot me. I talked about Musical Potency as a way to talk about building a system that can "do" Big Works for me. If, say, Bruckner has a 110 dB range, then I like to have something like that. Does this mean I think my hi-fi sounds like a 110 piece orchestra? It does not; forget about it.
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