[Arny Krueger]

"Harry Lavo" wrote in message

"Scott" wrote in message
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snip, irrelevant to what follows


Certain elements do the trick. We do have experience
with human voices, drum kits, acoustic guitars, painos
etc. We can judge the quality of those elements aginst
our experience with live music. Heck just listen to the
barrage of clocks going off at the begining of the track
called Time on Darkside of the Moon. Sounds pretty real.


Actually, I've heard the clocks sound very real (my
grandparents had a house full of wind-ups...I've head at
least eight of various sizes go off at once) to sounding
very unreal. Using the SACD version. And the
culprit....the preamp. Audio Research SP6B vs. Onkyo
P301. So much for big-box store electronics.

I own a weight-driven grandfather clock with chime movement, so I know
exactly what one sounds like. I can move it in my listening room and listen
to it chime, if I want the true live experience.

Getting the DSOTM clock to sound like it is entirely possible with the CD
version, mid-fi electronics and speakers that are well-configured for the
room.

The DSOTM recording was miced incredibly close, so any claims that
close-micing bodes poorly for fidelity is brought into question by the high
end audiophile comments on this thread.