17-Sep-2016, 11:47
(This post was last modified: 17-Sep-2016, 12:02 by MightyMart.)
I agree that this is quite off-topic but nevertheless an important discussion. I have also not found a suitable thread anywhere on this forum to post this topic, so here we go:
There is of course the matter of taste and preference when it comes to music and how music should sound when reproduced using an amplifier, speakers etc. This is something I think we all can agree upon.
However, the notion that because it is impossible to reproduce a sound and make it sound a 100 % natural it should be left to individual preference only is not entirely correct.
I can for instance record a single violin string being struck once and then through repeated improvements of the technical gear try to reproduce that sound as acuratelly as possible via an amplifier and speakers. The best reference for this would be to strike that same violin string again and compare it to the reproduced sound that is created electrically by the the amplifier and speakers.
The problem is that a lot of audiophiles spend a lot more time comparing reproduced sound than experiencing live music and/or instruments. This tends to lead to us comparing different amplifiers, speakers etc. instead of comparing the electrically reproduced sound with the original sound, i.e. with the musical instrument that originally created the real sound and not how it sounded on different gear.
Taste is subjected to change through experience (just think of coffee for instance and learning to like it) and if our experience of real sound is limited, then it can probably lead to some less qualified choices.
Naturally reproduced sound is what I think should define true high-end audio.
So, in your experiences (not merely taste) does Devialet reproduce sound naturally or not in your view?
There is of course the matter of taste and preference when it comes to music and how music should sound when reproduced using an amplifier, speakers etc. This is something I think we all can agree upon.
However, the notion that because it is impossible to reproduce a sound and make it sound a 100 % natural it should be left to individual preference only is not entirely correct.
I can for instance record a single violin string being struck once and then through repeated improvements of the technical gear try to reproduce that sound as acuratelly as possible via an amplifier and speakers. The best reference for this would be to strike that same violin string again and compare it to the reproduced sound that is created electrically by the the amplifier and speakers.
The problem is that a lot of audiophiles spend a lot more time comparing reproduced sound than experiencing live music and/or instruments. This tends to lead to us comparing different amplifiers, speakers etc. instead of comparing the electrically reproduced sound with the original sound, i.e. with the musical instrument that originally created the real sound and not how it sounded on different gear.
Taste is subjected to change through experience (just think of coffee for instance and learning to like it) and if our experience of real sound is limited, then it can probably lead to some less qualified choices.
Naturally reproduced sound is what I think should define true high-end audio.
So, in your experiences (not merely taste) does Devialet reproduce sound naturally or not in your view?
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