What sounds best on you your set up?

[User211]

I think some genres just sound better than others by default - forget the speakers.

For me, electronic music tops the lot over a wide range of loudspeakers. Reggae and dub reggae generally does very well, too.

Classical is way down on the list for sounding good. Even if you have a violin in the same room as you, it doesn't sound great. It s a screechy sounding instrument at best. I'm not saying there aren't some great classical recordings, but keep the violin out of it, LOL!!!

I could elaborate but I've made the point. There are plenty of exceptions to this generic ruling in each category, of course.

[walpurgis]

Classical is way down on the list for sounding good. Even if you have a violin in the same room as you, it doesn't sound great. It s a screechy sounding instrument at best. I'm not saying there aren't some great classical recordings, but keep the violin out of it, LOL!!!

I like just about all music to an extent apart from country. If you don't like classical or don't think it can sound great. Listen to more and find the good stuff. It can be amazing, but there again, I detest Mozart, twiddly 'pop music' of its time. Even violin can be beautiful though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yObNBWHta8

Right I'll get back to me Shpongle now.

[User211]

I've tried and tried almost countless times to like classical. It just doesn't happen...

[struth]

When young i listened to classical music a lot, probably as it was all around me. I still have a select couple of dozen cds that i listen to on occasion, but it isnt common for me to do it. System usually sounds good with it. One thing classics often have is scale, and if your system does scale well, then its a good thing to hear.

[Macca]

I've tried and tried almost countless times to like classical. It just doesn't happen...

I'm the same. Apart from TV ads and film soundtracks I just never had any exposure to classical music when I was young. The radio was always on, but always rock, pop or jazz.

I've tried but it just doesn't involve me. There is no emotional connection there.

We don't get to choose what we like and dislike, so what can you do?

[User211]

We don't get to choose what we like and dislike, so what can you do?

Indeed.

I've probably been a bit harsh on the old violin - the best crafted violins in the hands of the absolute finest it can be made to sound OK - ish, LOL.

[HackneyRF]

I think some genres just sound better than others by default - forget the speakers.

Highly subjective viewpoint Justin. Equally valid mind.

[Macca]

I think our brains automatically try to gauge how real something sounds. So acoustic instruments playing in a defined acoustic is more of a challenge to get to sound real (as opposed to just pleasant). When a system can do that really well you get that 'holy moley!' moment because it sounds so like the real thing. Whereas electronic music has no real sound so we can't make the comparison. We just gauge it by the dynamics, the slam, the lack of system added distortion. You can still get a 'holy moley!' moment but it is a different type of 'holy moley!'

Makes sense to me anyways.

[anji12305]

I suggest the Reference Recordings of The Minnesota orchestra for exposure to classical music played by a competent, happy band. Much of what constitutes classical music is 'filler' by popular standards.

If you haven't heard a full orchestra with the throttle open, you're in for a surprise.

Any recording that's highly compressed, metronomic and engineered to enthuse a crowd is of course more exciting.

It's also a pure construct with more in common to programming than human expression.



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[Macca]

If Bach and Beethoven and the rest had access to synths and emulators and what have you back then, would they have used them in their compositions or scorned them?