"paul packer" wrote in message

On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:18:59 -0800, "ScottW"
wrote:


I think a major point has been missed in this. Music
popular with alot of kids today doesn't sound better on
a great hi-fi.
Rap & screeching distorted metal actually sounds better
on 96k mp3 players. Put that crap on a good hi-fi and
even the kids can't deny it sounds bad.

ScottW

Agreed. A symphony or jazz orchestra only really comes
alive on great equipment, but a guitar solo already
featuring a deliberate 50% distortion is better masked by
lousy equipment.

You need to ask whats going on technically.

Most likely, you have a system with limited frequency response accidentally
rebalancing a recording that was poorly balanced in the first place. Of
course a really good system with flexible equalization could do the same
thing, and retain its advantages with good recordings.

Oh, I forgot - golden ears audio systems don't have flexible tone controls
or equalizers. Does that mean that they aren't really as good as their
owner's claim?

I don't believe the new generation want
or need good equipment, and if they had it they'd only be
complaining that it lacked bass, midrange and treble.

As a rule commodity audio systems have better performance than ever at a
give size and price point.

Plug some really good headphones into an iPod or equvalent loaded with
uncompressed or properly-compressed music files and you've got first rate
sound.