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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.
Post Subject: More on softnessPosted by drdna on: 12/24/2008
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 Romy the Cat wrote:
In the end I feel that the PP2000’s softness/politeness is not a liability but opportunity. I certainly not willing to go back to the softness/politeness lacking type of sound and I would like to make my playback to be able to be deliberately atrocious if I was asked. Let see how it goes… I still not in hurry to do any changes now as I would like to live with the overwhelming softness/politeness for a while and to get use to it…

Yes, it is a very good idea to wait a while and get used to the sound with the PP2000. From my own experience, every change that has stayed permanently in my system, at first seems soft and sort of boring. I am inside always a little disappointed when I first hear these changes, because they seems so neutral and unexciting. However, in time I come to appreciate that this is a more revealing path to the Sound. Other changes, the ones which are exciting at first more often become fatiguing with time as I tire of the novelty of the new distortions I am hearing.

So live with it for a month first before making any changes.

Again, my thoughts on softness. Softness in sound is correct. Here is my analogy. If someone is outside the closed window talking, you cannot hear them. To hear what they say, they may start to shout, but it puts a harsh strain into their voices -- much like turning up the contrast knob on the TV to see details, gives the picture an unnatural knife-sharp quality. The alternate is to open the window to hear the person talking in a natural voice. This is like the softness effect in audio.

Adrian

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