I’ve no clue how you reached such conclusions unless per chance like some others you too are relying on a friend. But I appreciate your dogmatism.
Below is a piece with enough bass and ambient info embedded in the recording, reproduced in the listening room, and then captured in this in-room video to convince me of the inaccuracy of all your claims here.
Even a tiny stereo condenser recording mic i.e. a Shure MV88 plugged directly into my iPhone 12 Pro seems to do a well-enough job preserving a sufficient majority of all that’s been captured across the entire frequency spectrum, uploaded, and then downloaded for playback. And there’s good reason for much of the fidelity being retained throughout the entire process.
IOW, if one is disappointed in what they hear then it's probably one of 3 things. Either the in-room playback presentation is left wanting or the settings on whatever one uses to record are inappropriate, but most likely a hybrid of the two.
But as with any playback presentation the listener needs to crank up the volume to at least begin to approach live performance volume levels.
This is what I know:
- my Superlux microphone does not record below 50 or 40 Hz. I don't know about others, but I suspect many don't either. Please check out the specs before questioning my honesty ?
- with that microphone, distance to the speakers is key. Place it incorrectly and vocals, for example, can sound hollow. It could be different with other microphones, I don't know. You can find other testimonials from users regarding this point. Regardless, soundstage that you experience listening to speakers is difficult to capture in a recording (and that video you posted is not going to convince me otherwise). Moreover, listening to a recording with headphones introduces differences as well.
- microphone sensitivities vary and the results in terms of detail are obvious. This is a fact - again, look at the specs, or just listen to various recordings.
Maybe the Shure mic gives good results, I don't know. What I do know is that even basic microphones give widely different results, sometimes very good, sometimes very bad.
So maybe I should have been more cautious, but regardless, please tone down the accusations. Thanks.
By the way, concerning bass I clearly stated that my speakers do not do deep bass. I even showed the frequency response (perhaps not in this thread, though).
The level of detail I get from listening to my speaker is much higher than I get from a recording, and I suspect that is the case for everyone here. This is normal. If it were not the case, would artists bother using very expensive microphones in a studio ?
As for placement, I struggle with that (and I do think my ORTF mic is very sensitive to placement), but I am ok with the results of my recordings on that aspect. It is probably perfectible, I am not a professional recording engineer...
If I thought recordings were not useful in some way, would I record my own system and watch others'? I don't think so. My comments were just meant to be reminders that you cannot draw too many conclusions. For example, comparing some subtle changes in equipments (such as streamers) on YouTube is nonsense, IMO.
