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Post by Bigman80 on May 21, 2018 20:48:54 GMT
Easy one for me:
Love: Cello, Alto Sax, Acoustic Guitar.
Hate: Fecking Trumpets! An instrument that cannot make a nice sound, and people complain about bagpipes!
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 20:33:03 GMT
Love: Drums, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Cello.
Hate: Trumpets, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Violin, Piano.
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Post by Bigman80 on May 23, 2018 20:39:17 GMT
Love: Drums, Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Cello. Hate: Trumpets, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, Violin, Piano. S. Yay! another trumpet hater! Worst of all for me is a trumpet in the hands of Mr Miles Davis. Noise pollution springs to mind. |
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2018 20:42:56 GMT
The trumpet makes me wince. Gets worse when the player blows harder too!
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Post by antonio on May 24, 2018 4:36:53 GMT
Dislike - Trumpet and violin
Like - Drums, Acoustic/Electric Guitar, Piano.
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Post by Bigman80 on May 24, 2018 8:47:35 GMT
Dislike - Trumpet and violin Like - Drums, Acoustic/Electric Guitar, Piano. Not much love for trumpets then! Violins can be a pain too, especially when a few of them are screeching at once. |
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Post by antonio on May 24, 2018 13:11:15 GMT
I like the description "screeching". I remember my old man (not a music lover) when hearing violins always used to say "They could do with a drop of 3 in 1"
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 17:35:36 GMT
I take it you lot dont like Miles Davis then. In a silent way is one of my favourites. His technique on that is subtle and quiet. Alot of his playing on many of his albums does not come across as harsh. Put an instrument in the wrong hands and it can be awful. I like drums (obviously), slide guitar, harmonica and accordion  |
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Post by Bigman80 on May 24, 2018 17:49:29 GMT
I take it you lot dont like Miles Davis then. In a silent way is one of my favourites. His technique on that is subtle and quiet. Alot of his playing on many of his albums does not come across as harsh. Put an instrument in the wrong hands and it can be awful. I like drums (obviously), slide guitar, harmonica and accordion Doh! How did I not think to mention drums? Accordion is good too as is harmonica as long as you don't let Van Morriosn loose with one I do like Van btw, but he's a far better singer than he is a harmonica player. |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2018 22:28:58 GMT
I like the description "screeching". I remember my old man (not a music lover) when hearing violins always used to say "They could do with a drop of 3 in 1" Aye that's just how they sound to me. Both mass trumpets and violins drive me nuts on film soundtracks. I'm always reaching for the remote. |
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2018 22:48:29 GMT
The music playing at the start, I find grating! -
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Post by antonio on May 30, 2018 4:47:25 GMT
Why would anyone think music like that would be good to demonstrate a hifi system. Maybe it's played to mask faults therein.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2018 15:21:09 GMT
Could be my crappy lap top speakers but that gave me a headache. I don't dislike the music but oh my.
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Post by Bigman80 on May 31, 2018 7:33:37 GMT
I quite like it, but then I likes sax
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2018 14:32:34 GMT
The sax can sound nice. But I'll always despise their distant cousin, the trumpet.
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 1, 2018 6:19:02 GMT
The sax can sound nice. But I'll always despise their distant cousin, the trumpet. S. Worse again when there's a few of them going off. |
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Post by dsjr on Jun 1, 2018 19:49:47 GMT
A sax at ten paces will almost push you over. Like a trumpet, they're 'rude' sounding and a stereo should reproduce that I think and not smooth it over. Drum kits will knock you flat if you stand close and I had a bit of a beef on a Harbeth Facebook group when an apparent drummer himself and sales person for this brand, defended the use of low powered amps with these speakers when current examples of these are so tight arsed and foggy sounding with most under 100W driving them, they NEED something beefy to kick the sh*t out of them - they sound rather good then  The 40.2's will take 700W on peaks (evidence on YouTube) and they never sound strained or 'loud' when doing so - the most I managed was 200W an it was really good..... |
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 1, 2018 21:21:22 GMT
A sax at ten paces will almost push you over. Like a trumpet, they're 'rude' sounding and a stereo should reproduce that I think and not smooth it over. Drum kits will knock you flat if you stand close and I had a bit of a beef on a Harbeth Facebook group when an apparent drummer himself and sales person for this brand, defended the use of low powered amps with these speakers when current examples of these are so tight arsed and foggy sounding with most under 100W driving them, they NEED something beefy to kick the sh*t out of them - they sound rather good then The 40.2's will take 700W on peaks (evidence on YouTube) and they never sound strained or 'loud' when doing so - the most I managed was 200W an it was really good..... Id hate to have a drummer for a neighbour, |
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Post by dsjr on Jun 2, 2018 9:29:20 GMT
When I had the ATC100A's, the sound carried..... Once or twice on days off and unbeknown to me, my next door neighbour was poorly and trying to rest in bed. I blasted the speakers out LOUDLY and had her ornaments shaking, low bass carrying further up the row of four modern-construction houses too... When she moved out, a young couple came to live there and were out most of the day, but one evening and after I'd just bought the Fire album from System 7, I had a timid knock on the door, the chap asking me if I'd turn it down. I profusely apologised and turned it off. I hardly played the speakers after that and in any case, a very few months after I moved in with my fiancé and the 100A's sadly became fondly missed history.
www.discogs.com/System-7-Point-3-Fire-Album/release/154570
This is one reason why I go on the way I do. Most domestic so-called 'HiFi' is absolute crap, lacking proper dynamics and scale, much of it sounding a bit like an audio version of a pinhole camera - or summat. I can't stand tiny squeaky boxes usually, as you lose so much of the music, but there you go, that's just me  |
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Post by pauld on Jun 26, 2018 13:13:13 GMT
Piano is probably my favourite instrument with Guitar or maybe Drums a close second.
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 26, 2018 13:26:00 GMT
insert code herePiano is probably my favourite instrument with Guitar or maybe Drums a close second. I’m so glad we don’t have anyone likely to say “oscilloscope”. Measurement mafia aren’t my type of people. |
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Post by pauld on Jun 26, 2018 13:34:16 GMT
For me measurements are irrelevant, there are people on other forums who go on about it being perfectly measured so it must sound good... utter nonsense... it only sounds good because it sounds good.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2018 13:40:31 GMT
Exactly.
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 26, 2018 13:45:23 GMT
Lots of stuff I have adored has measured appallingly. Makes no odds to me. I think there’s loads to music that we don’t understand or can’t measure, the subconscious plays a far bigger pert than we realise and the subconscious mind is capable of processing massive amounts of information. If music reproduction reaches me, I don’t care how it measures.
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Post by Bigman80 on Jun 28, 2018 15:19:48 GMT
I absolutely love the sound of the Xylophone. Really like glockenspiel too. Not something you heat every day, but I find them uplifting. If I ever played an instrument I reckon it would be a Xylophone.
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Post by dsjr on Jun 29, 2018 9:18:13 GMT
Pierre Moerlen - r.i.p.
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Post by macca on Jun 30, 2018 14:27:15 GMT
Xylophone is the one instrument I don't like. If you like Xylophone get that Kansas City Five album, Count Bassie. I have it, can't listen to more than one track without taking a break.
I do like the sax, both types, and piano. Drums with piano, nothing else going on, I love that combination.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 9:42:14 GMT
I can't think of any musical instrument I dislike. Even the triangle has its place.
Some might argue that sythesizers and mellotrons are not true instruments. But if you can generate a noise with them, that's OK by me!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 11:09:24 GMT
The music playing at the start, I find grating! - S. It is terrible because it has no rhythm, tune, cohesion, beat. That's what my kids sounded like when they had a go on an organ when they were 4.
I actually don't like sax very much. And American rockbands with pianos. Queen is OK. Meatloaf is not. Can't work that out. 80s In the Air Tonight-style drums
Drum machines Flute
Violin (solo) Sitar Moogs Harpsichords Bells Xylophones French horns
Loves: Bass guitars, Double bass, jazz-style dums, any guitar. Timpani. Tambourines
Wow, I am quite fussy
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 12:13:29 GMT
Anybody have thoughts on Theremins? I quite like them.
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The 40.2's will take 700W on peaks (evidence on YouTube) and they never sound strained or 'loud' when doing so - the most I managed was 200W an it was really good.....
