On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 22:18:48 +0100, Sander deWaal
wrote:


Unless the liner notes specifically suggest "reproduce with 6dB
boost at 12kHz" or "add 3% second harmonic distortion below 5kHz"
then I assume the intent was to reproduce the audio with the
highest fidelity possible.

Yup, and there we go: what is the highest fidelity?
I take it you have a Crown Dc300 and JBLs in your listening room,
which happens to be an exact reproduction of the mastering room?

This is a really interesting comment. To me, this is exactly Hi-Fi: to
listen to the recording as the producer and the engieneer heard it! If
that is a Crown and JBL:s, so be it. However, most of my recordings
are probably monitored using QUADs or B&W 800s or something similar,
and I am rather confident in that my ESL 63s in fact plays back the
CD:s roughly as the the producer heard it, with the caveat that the
rooms acoustics probably are rather different.

I like to hear the music as intended. Period. And to do that, a well
made amplifier will do the job nicely.

Per.