Surviving — HiFi Continued
Tubes vs solid state, vinyl vs digital, actual magnetic tape vs software modeling… meaningless arguments ideologically flawed. What got you into music and high fidelity was very likely the exploring of sound and the art expressed through it—patterns, tones, phrases and ideas…
Surviving — HiFi
Our stereo obsession—and now stubborn opinions—started with our response to sound and music before we were even aware we were aware. Many drift a long way from the music multiverse, holding on to just a handful.
Speaker Placement — Tone
Now move to either side of, and back and forth of the loudspeaker, in big dramatic sweeps. After all it’s big bass waves we are listening to here. Envision the size of full on North Shore surf, moving at the speed of sound, impinging, disrupting, moving through and bouncing off all the boundaries in your home. Yes, bass waves are big.
Absolute Polarity—La De Da De De, La De Da De Da (3/5)
…to concern yourself with how the snare drum was recorded, and the rest of the drum kit, the vocals, the strings, brass, keys… forget it, at this point you know nothing of the absolute phase relations of the recording and very likely a waste of your time to consider; a rabbit hole long abandoned by rabbits.