| Title: | You get surface noise in real life too |
| Notice: | Let's be conformist |
| Moderator: | GOVT02::BARKER |
| Created: | Thu Jul 28 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 550 |
| Total number of notes: | 3847 |
I can appreciate that aesthetes of classical music aspire to a system which will produce a 'natural' sound. Orchestras, etc are almost never amplified so the 'natural' sound will depend solely upon the sound index of the your favourite concert hall. However, my requirements are somewhat different, the music I prefer to listen to is always amplified and not generally in venues in which the acoustics were the primary concern. My request, therefore, is for suggestions for a system which will handle these equally difficult conditions. That is to say that I would like a system which will produce undistorted bass that can be felt all the way down to about 10 Hz; a good strong mid-range also with little or no distortion; and finally a top end which is clean up to about 15,000 Hz at which point the venues acoustics will cause feedback. To keep things in perspective I will suggest a budget of �1500. Graham
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 82.1 | watch your foundations, then | BAHTAT::SALLITT | Dave - @RKG & ICI, 0642432193 | Mon May 08 1989 19:08 | 20 |
Good bass, that is bass that plays tunes and is not just an lf grunt,
comes expensive.
What kind of music are you hoping to reproduce?
What source(s) do plan to use? Within the budget you mention, you
are unlikely to get more than one source *and* the bass you want.
Even then you're limited to CD or LP. The type of music you like
may influence your choice here, as not everything's available on
CD yet; I have in mind reggae and Jamaican dub recordings, which
have the spectral content you refer to but only offer a real choice
on LP.
Find a dealer who will dem some choices using your recordings. You
may find that the last couple of octaves aren't as important to
relating to the music as the tunefulness of the bass - in which
case you'll save a heckuvalot of money.
Dave
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| 82.2 | LARVAE::JEFFERY | Why do birds suddenly appear? | Tue May 09 1989 20:32 | 9 | |
Surely, there is more to music than just frequency response!
I agree with .1 that a good bass is more important than a low bass.
What about T i m i n g and Rhythmn ?
Just me tuppenceworth.
Mark
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| 82.3 | and the tunes... | BAHTAT::SALLITT | Dave - @RKG & ICI, 0642432193 | Tue May 09 1989 21:03 | 22 |
re .2....
Too true. Timing, rhythm and pitch are more important than frequency
response, dynamic range, etc. that many hifi manufacturers tout
as essential - probably because they don't meet the musical criteria.
You'd have a hard time convincing someone steeped in "traditional"
hifi lore, though - even with a dem.
Also, (my .1 notwithstanding), .0 is unlikely to get speakers to
produce tuneful bass that deep for �1500, never mind a system.
That's why I suggest .0 does some listening to discover if this
arbitrary 10hz is important; �1500 should buy a great system, even
with more than one source, that should provide years of pleasure,
even if it doesn't go down to 10hz.
I'm not saying .0 wouldn't get a system for �1500 that goes down
to 10hz; I just have the feeling he'd want to replace it within
six months.
dave
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