Post by Bigman80 on Feb 16, 2019 7:58:03 GMT
Shane’s observation that there is no one “best” Hi-Fi in the world seems to have sparked an interesting avenue for discussion. Jammy made a great point about battling his wife over tone control settings. If it’s the same music, Sam kit, same acoustic yet different needs, it really shows we may be seeking different things. And so I thought a thread would be good.
If you had asked me a few years ago, I’d have said PRaT was my first need. Indeed I would probably have sacrificed most other qualities for this. Leading edge snap would likely be next, folllowee by dynamics. Hardness was the enemy: Something I’d sacrifice anything to avoid.
Exposure to other sounds has changed me though. I’ve found stuff that’s simply more enjoyable and fulfilling.
Courtesy of Spica, I developed a need for the sound to escape the box to the highest degree, creating a truly beautiful and spacious soundstage. This has influenced my tastes in speakers massively. It has also led me to listen more and for longer.
Then, thanks to Sonneteer, I discovered how much I had lost by choosing stuff that emphasised leading edges. It took me a very long time to work out what is different with Sonneteer, but it’s in the flow of music, it’s rise and fall, and especially the decay of notes. There’s a lot of beauty in what I hear and it has added an extra dimension to my listing.
My latest Ref3as have really woken me up to timbre, I didn’t even grasp what the word really meant until I got these. Suffice to say when timbre is reproduced well, it makes the whole experience seem more real.
So to recap, my priorities are now for an out of the box sound, with beautiful flow and decay, plus realistic timbre.I now realise the cost of those addictive leading edges and so I don’t miss them. The system is full of rhythm because it gets the fundamentals of music I have just mentioned right. Getting these factors nailed also seems to remove any hint of hardness.
I’m not massively sensitive to a flat frequency response so I’m not sure where my system currently sits. My hunch is that if you are getting timbre right, you can’t be too far off in this respect.
Dynamics are still important to me, as is a large soundstage, but the sort of scale you’d have with a live band in your room isn’t a priority for me. Indeed I think I’d hate that.
So that’s a snapshot of where I currently sit, anyone els care to share what matters to them? It might help us understand why we like different things.
If you had asked me a few years ago, I’d have said PRaT was my first need. Indeed I would probably have sacrificed most other qualities for this. Leading edge snap would likely be next, folllowee by dynamics. Hardness was the enemy: Something I’d sacrifice anything to avoid.
Exposure to other sounds has changed me though. I’ve found stuff that’s simply more enjoyable and fulfilling.
Courtesy of Spica, I developed a need for the sound to escape the box to the highest degree, creating a truly beautiful and spacious soundstage. This has influenced my tastes in speakers massively. It has also led me to listen more and for longer.
Then, thanks to Sonneteer, I discovered how much I had lost by choosing stuff that emphasised leading edges. It took me a very long time to work out what is different with Sonneteer, but it’s in the flow of music, it’s rise and fall, and especially the decay of notes. There’s a lot of beauty in what I hear and it has added an extra dimension to my listing.
My latest Ref3as have really woken me up to timbre, I didn’t even grasp what the word really meant until I got these. Suffice to say when timbre is reproduced well, it makes the whole experience seem more real.
So to recap, my priorities are now for an out of the box sound, with beautiful flow and decay, plus realistic timbre.I now realise the cost of those addictive leading edges and so I don’t miss them. The system is full of rhythm because it gets the fundamentals of music I have just mentioned right. Getting these factors nailed also seems to remove any hint of hardness.
I’m not massively sensitive to a flat frequency response so I’m not sure where my system currently sits. My hunch is that if you are getting timbre right, you can’t be too far off in this respect.
Dynamics are still important to me, as is a large soundstage, but the sort of scale you’d have with a live band in your room isn’t a priority for me. Indeed I think I’d hate that.
So that’s a snapshot of where I currently sit, anyone els care to share what matters to them? It might help us understand why we like different things.
