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Highly dynamic recordings

Posted by BillMilosz on January 8, 2008 at 04:40:24

In Reply to: RE: your SPL seems low posted by watts on January 7, 2008 at 16:05:33:

Recordings with lots of dynamic range - some have been mentioned here- and then there are the Stereophile test CDs which have a lot of dynamics in parts- these are NOT the recordings to use when seeing how low your system will play.

Most of us listen to loud music using pop, rock, kinds of jazz and certain classical tracks that are entirely loud, mostly loud or have long loud sections. They might get quiet at times, but they have large passages with high average levels and not much variation.

I know if I listen to music that has a medium average level for most of it's playing time, but has occasional VERY LOUD parts or even loud individual drumstrokes or etc., what I tend to do is adjust the system for pleasantly loud volume on the "medium loud" longer sections and then experience GIANT PEAKS on the short loud bursts. I like it loud and so I turn the longer medium-level sections up so THEY are good and loud, then the big-ass PEAKS are in danger of vaporising my tweeter or yanking the wires right off the woofer panel. I find I have to be VERY careful on certain recordings or I will exceed the limits of the gear- and the boundaries of sanity!

I haven't blown anything up yet, so far I have been lucky. I have an active crossover / four-way system (triamped MG 3.6's plus subs below 50 Hz) and there is 3 kW audio power total available from the 8 channels of amplification that run this menagerie... although there is less danger to the MG 3.6's than you might think, as 1.6 kW is on tap for the subs alone.

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