I won't be posting pics of my setup: it looks a mess, and just about everything you can do wrong aesthetically and soundwise, for many people, will be painfully apparent to all. As an example, speakers are just plonked onto surfaces at different heights, pointing lopsidedly into the room so that they fit reasonably around the flat screen which is to one side of the living room
However, my intention is not to win beauty awards, but to get somewhere in my understanding of what counts and what doesn't in this business of extracting good sound from recordings. The title of this thread matches a thread I kicked off some time ago, which has now died a natural death, but my desire to achieve worthwhile results which match the aspirations outlined in the original post has not waned.
Many people reading this will be well aware of the somewhat peculiar angle I appear to be coming from, saying strange things like "all systems can sound excellent" and "even bad recordings can sound excellent", and probably wonder how much of a loony I am. Well, hopefully not too much of one, though in getting older you can feel yourself sort of teetering in that direction at times!
Anyway, for some reason I have been suddenly inspired to set down a bit of a record of my adventures past and current, good and bad, on this audio journey of mine here. This will be out the way of the normal to and fro of conversation on the forum, so won't disturb the good people who have better things to read about. A fair bit of what I will relate I have already alluded to in my posts here and there on the forum up to this point, so prepare to be bored at times. With luck, some of this will be of interest and possibly even benefit to others.
I'll do this Charles Dickens-like, in installments when I'm in the mood or the thoughts occur to me. (Gee, that sounds like I really have tickets on myself! Oh, well ...)
Cheers,
Frank
However, my intention is not to win beauty awards, but to get somewhere in my understanding of what counts and what doesn't in this business of extracting good sound from recordings. The title of this thread matches a thread I kicked off some time ago, which has now died a natural death, but my desire to achieve worthwhile results which match the aspirations outlined in the original post has not waned.
Many people reading this will be well aware of the somewhat peculiar angle I appear to be coming from, saying strange things like "all systems can sound excellent" and "even bad recordings can sound excellent", and probably wonder how much of a loony I am. Well, hopefully not too much of one, though in getting older you can feel yourself sort of teetering in that direction at times!
Anyway, for some reason I have been suddenly inspired to set down a bit of a record of my adventures past and current, good and bad, on this audio journey of mine here. This will be out the way of the normal to and fro of conversation on the forum, so won't disturb the good people who have better things to read about. A fair bit of what I will relate I have already alluded to in my posts here and there on the forum up to this point, so prepare to be bored at times. With luck, some of this will be of interest and possibly even benefit to others.
I'll do this Charles Dickens-like, in installments when I'm in the mood or the thoughts occur to me. (Gee, that sounds like I really have tickets on myself! Oh, well ...)
Cheers,
Frank
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