Keith G wrote:

"Tat Chan" wrote



No, that isn't what "hi-fi" should do ... the musicality should come from
the performance, not the equipment.



Er, if you want 'Mini Me' status, you'll have to get in line - there's at
least two ahead of you....

So people can't have their own preference then? As it happens, I share
Stewart's views on high-fidelity in audio equipment.

What about the other valvie Mini-Mes then?



(Wot does that fekkin' stoopid remark mean anyway - put a bit of music
through a setup that bleaches all the flavout out of it and blame the
musicians/studio for a 'poor recording' as usual...??)

So you think a wire with gain removes stuff from the recording?

Musicality is something that can't be measured ... it has to "do it" for
you. From memory (I can't name any specific incidents), I have been to
gigs where the band was sloshed, the lead singer going off key a few
times, the guitarist fluffling a chord or three ... but, did the band
play! There was something in the ragged performance (maybe the music?)
that actually did it, and the punters agreed.

At the other end, you have gigs where everything is note for note
perfect, and the performance sounds exactly like a replica of the CD.
I tend to find those gigs boring. If I wanted a replication of the
performance on CD, I would have stayed at home.