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    The artist's intent is to express his feelings, emotions, and insights using the natural aspects of our musical tonal system, and words, often poetic.

    Surely the artist relys on the monitors in the studio to determine whether the results are expressing his intent, and this may be, but often is not, an accurate representation of alive event.

    We then attempt to reproduce this sound with our obsession with varying degrees of success.

    Often remasters are done by people who have not experienced the original era in which the music was created, and that is an important part of any creation, the context. They may be told to remaster it to make it cleaner, brighter, or louder on average in order to get the attention of potential listeners who are fans of the original, but often the ethos can be lost.

    There are certain bits of music which are created entirely to show off Hi-Fi systems, but I think this is declining in favour of the remaster process which of course results in re-buying and greater profits for the record companies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pharos View Post
    The artist's intent is to express his feelings, emotions, and insights using the natural aspects of our musical tonal system, and words, often poetic.

    Surely the artist relys on the monitors in the studio to determine whether the results are expressing his intent, and this may be, but often is not, an accurate representation of alive event.

    We then attempt to reproduce this sound with our obsession with varying degrees of success.

    Often remasters are done by people who have not experienced the original era in which the music was created, and that is an important part of any creation, the context. They may be told to remaster it to make it cleaner, brighter, or louder on average in order to get the attention of potential listeners who are fans of the original, but often the ethos can be lost.

    There are certain bits of music which are created entirely to show off Hi-Fi systems, but I think this is declining in favour of the remaster process which of course results in re-buying and greater profits for the record companies.
    All true, IMO


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    Quote Originally Posted by AJSki2fly View Post
    Yep, I have several versions of Led Zep II and I think the original sounds sonically better or shall we say more enjoyable, even though the later remix CD seems to have more clarity/detail. I do have a few others though where the re-master is an improvement in experience, to my ears anyway.
    Sonically the new one is clearly better. But I don't want that, I want to listen to the original album that they made, not some improved re-imagining even if it does sound better.

    The flaws are an intrinsic part of the original work of art that was submitted for public consumption. Correcting them devalues the whole experience for me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Anything the artist does is artistically valid. I just don't get the point you are making with this. It's like audiophiles banging on about recording quality. Would we really want every recording to be shiny and polished, to be as accurate as possible to real instruments in a real acoustic just so it 'sounds' better on our systems? Not me. The purpose of recorded music is not to make hi-fi systems sound good. Cart before the horse.
    Do we want everything compressed down to a few db just so it may sound ok in the car or on cheap earbuds? If you compress the sound down it won't be realistic at all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by StingRay View Post
    Do we want everything compressed down to a few db just so it may sound ok in the car or on cheap earbuds? If you compress the sound down it won't be realistic at all.
    if the original release was compressed to death then yes, that's what I want as that's intrinsic to the art. I don't care about 'realism' in the slightest. I accept whatever the artist produces. maybe the saxophone (for example) sounds real, maybe it has had a million studio effects applied to it. Doesn't matter to me. My interest starts at playback, not recording.

    More often though you find it is the remaster that has more compression. Even if it is on SACD or some other so-called 'hi res format', which makes no sense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    if the original release was compressed to death then yes, that's what I want as that's intrinsic to the art. I don't care about 'realism' in the slightest. I accept whatever the artist produces. maybe the saxophone (for example) sounds real, maybe it has had a million studio effects applied to it. Doesn't matter to me. My interest starts at playback, not recording.

    More often though you find it is the remaster that has more compression. Even if it is on SACD or some other so-called 'hi res format', which makes no sense.
    Yep, hate it with compression!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Anything the artist does is artistically valid. I just don't get the point you are making with this. It's like audiophiles banging on about recording quality. Would we really want every recording to be shiny and polished, to be as accurate as possible to real instruments in a real acoustic just so it 'sounds' better on our systems? Not me. The purpose of recorded music is not to make hi-fi systems sound good. Cart before the horse.
    I simply find these 'splices' jarring and out of place, and that for me detracts from my enjoyment. It has nothing at all to do with recording quality.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post

    The flaws are an intrinsic part of the original work of art that was submitted for public consumption. Correcting them devalues the whole experience for me.
    I take it you enjoy the Kingsway Hall 'rumble', due to the London Underground Piccadilly line running underneath? I find the Decca recordings where it appears to be unlistenable.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barry View Post
    I take it you enjoy the Kingsway Hall 'rumble', due to the London Underground Piccadilly line running underneath? I find the Decca recordings where it appears to be unlistenable.
    I only know it by reputation, I never listen to any classical.

    There's the aeroplane at the start of 'Black Country Woman, but I quite like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lawrence001 View Post
    I think this. Much of it must be about the behaviour of materials at vibration. Consider a reed in a saxophone combined with the effect of the brass horn, compared with the gut or metal violin string amplified by the wooden structure, or the sinew of the human voice box. Asking a plastic or paper cone to simulate this must involve considerable compromises. It's about finding the material that can get as close to possible to the instruments you listen to.

    I can see why some of the high end reviewers ignore rock and dance. How can you define how close the speakers get to the "real" sound when it can only exist amplified and played through speakers anyway. However, as much of what I listen to is that, then it's important to me that it's listenable!

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