I have been reading with great interest mep's thread on "live vs recorded" music and the quest for the absolute sound.
Some blame the recording microphones as the culprit whereas others state it to be the speakers as the inherent problem.
Then came the following from Frantz (with which BTW I agree) about network cables
My good friend Ron Party always posts that in music our ears are attracted to the "flavor" of music that lights them up in the most pleasing way.
There have been debates here re digital vs analog with zealots in both camps
This takes me back to the topic of "network cables". It makes perfect sense to me as to Frantz claim. Heck, how could it not make sense if the signal out is different than the signal into the network box.
My question is not to denigrate the very nature of network cables but rather to ask if this concept takes us to Ron Party's analogy of "music flavor" that is pleasing to our ears rather than striving to reach the absolute sound of live music
Some blame the recording microphones as the culprit whereas others state it to be the speakers as the inherent problem.
Then came the following from Frantz (with which BTW I agree) about network cables
Several cables have network which sole purpose is to change what passes through them: one of the most expensive cable even has an "Articulation Control" built-in ... So I am not too sure the signal that comes out of it is "pure" anymore, it may (and that is debatable) do less harm than the early DRC, I wouldn't know, but harm, it inflicts to the signal ...
My good friend Ron Party always posts that in music our ears are attracted to the "flavor" of music that lights them up in the most pleasing way.
There have been debates here re digital vs analog with zealots in both camps
This takes me back to the topic of "network cables". It makes perfect sense to me as to Frantz claim. Heck, how could it not make sense if the signal out is different than the signal into the network box.
My question is not to denigrate the very nature of network cables but rather to ask if this concept takes us to Ron Party's analogy of "music flavor" that is pleasing to our ears rather than striving to reach the absolute sound of live music