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In Reply to: RE: The knowledge that things owned are cleverly constructed with the rarest, most expensive materials... posted by Inmate51 on February 3, 2025 at 15:38:27:
As a musician (trumpet), I've played in brass quintet, big band, concert band, and orchestra.Horns are one of the tough ones as they have a mix of harmonics and non-harmonic sounds. My partner at work also plays trumpet(s), it is an interesting instrument that can go from smooth to very edgy (my terms haha).
"The thing that makes selling loudspeakers to musicians easier is they listen to hear how well their instrument is reproduced,"
I can assure you that it goes much deeper than that. Musicians who have performed in multiple ensembles for many years, acquire a knowledge of the sound of many instruments - not only their own, as well as a keen sense of balance across the ensemble and the sound of the venue and how it affects how loudly or softly we play.
I play bass but i had a good example of that with St Louis Symphony orchestra when after auditing the other choices, the conductor said those, no substitutes. Afterwards they invited us to come to the star wars presentation where they played the music to the movie and wed had center balcony seats, very nice evening!.
https://www.prosoundweb.com/powell-hall-adds-danley-for-st-louis-symphony-orchestra/
With regard to sound reproduction via loudspeakers...
"it is another thing entirely to make it sound like those instruments are directly in front of you without loudspeakers as the source."
Absolutely. And several factors contribute to that imaginary "soundstage". The recording, the speakers, and the room. For the recording: Miking technique, reverb, EQ, limiting, delay, panning, and how they're used are also critical factors.
Yes, it's that area where selling speakers is not a problem in fact some musicians offer to help. We are not a marketing driven company but these kinds of videos work for musicians and the recording area, i wish they were more interested in living room stereo at work.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=458675960625466
Two of the best sounding systems I've heard are Magico S7's in the Magico listening room, and Siegfried Linkwitz's system at his home. Both systems could make you believe that various instruments were "there, or there, or there". Both systems, but especially Linkwitz's, presented the impression that you could walk up to a player at a certain position! Almost holographic.I used to make electrostatic speakers but it was repairing my old boss's esl-63's in the late 90's that gave me goose bumps and made a light come on in my head. For a couple days after work, i sat on the floor with the speakers at leg length and listened, it was amazing and permanently effected my view about how speaker radiate and how strong a phantom image can be.
I wanted that plus deep bass and to allow say +20dB more.
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