In Reply to: Danger of 'too much' upgrade: some recordings once OK, now just plain suck. posted by Smelly_Socks on September 30, 2016 at 04:17:46:
Every time I make an improvement (not every change is an improvement) to my system, it makes ALL music sound better, the good and the bad recordings. Better recordings become even better in every way, but bad ones, too, provide a little more information, a little more of the music. I have heard plenty of crappy recordings, but even those take on more life and become less obtrusive to the musical message. If that doesn't happen, then I know it's not an upgrade.
I sometimes fall into the trap of listening only to the sound, but the most recent change (new midrange drivers) was so overwhelming that I found myself totally immersed in the music. The sound, all of it, was merely there. I didn't need to focus on the kick drum or vocals or the violins.
If your new equipment makes some bad recordings sound worse, then perhaps it's not really an upgrade; it's simply replacing one coloration with another that emphasizes (or obscures) a different part of what's really wrong.
Peace,
Tom E
berate is 8 and benign is 9
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Follow Ups
- Then maybe it's not a real upgrade - madisonears 09/30/1621:02:00 09/30/16 (14)
- Ahh it is just letting me hear the bad recordings more clearly. The layer of dross is clearer.. lol - Smelly_Socks 10:30:26 10/1/16 (9)
- Clear dross should be better.... - Kal Rubinson 15:31:17 10/1/16 (8)
- Wouldn't it depend on which kind of dross is more distracting to you, personally? - genungo 03:46:26 10/3/16 (1)
- Dross is subjective, like weeds. (NT) - Kal Rubinson 06:42:01 10/3/16 (0)
- Unless That "Clear Dross" Happens To Be....... - Todd Krieger 17:38:43 10/1/16 (5)
- One of the best Madonna albums is nearly all 'super' autotune.. - Smelly_Socks 22:30:51 10/1/16 (1)
- RE: One of the best Madonna albums is nearly all 'super' autotune.. - Todd Krieger 02:01:51 10/2/16 (0)
- RE: Unless That "Clear Dross" Happens To Be....... - Kal Rubinson 19:43:50 10/1/16 (2)
- Thank You, Thank You........ - Todd Krieger 02:09:13 10/2/16 (1)
- RE: Thank You, Thank You........ - fantja 08:57:07 10/2/16 (0)
- RE: Then maybe it's not a real upgrade - AJ 06:24:51 10/1/16 (1)
- +1 (nt - genungo 03:42:30 10/3/16 (0)
- Agreed. (Nt) - Jack G 05:42:06 10/1/16 (0)
- RE: You nailed it.* - b.l.zeebub 04:40:08 10/1/16 (0)