"Iain Churches" wrote in message
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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote

So you don't object to the sound from your 'ideal' instrument being
altered by your loudspeakers?


Ay oop! Poochie's on the 'so you's then? :-)



You seem to have (perhaps deliberately?) missed the point.
Having found your ideal instrument (say for example the artist,
producer and engineer choose from a Guild, Gretsch, Martin or
Olson guitar) you then are faced with finding a speaker that
can reproduce your choice as it should be reproduced.
Speakers (mics too) are definately horses for courses.
There is no one-make-fits-all, even though there are some
pretty good all-rounders.


That is my also belief, but I would even go as far as to say that the
'all-rounder' speaker's 'sound' can become so *ingrained* it becomes the
norm and nothing else will do - perfectly OK of course, if it is an *Old
Dear Approved* make....

It seemed there was a spate of people trying to rediscover their original
70s (?) sound a while back - mostly the likes of Tannoy and Wharfedale. I
don't know if it's still the case?




Just how many pairs of speakers do you have, Iain, to allow you to
'evaluate' the best ones for a particular task?

For my personal use I have three pairs, Tannoy, Kef and JBL.
They all excel in different ways with different material. It is
no coincidence that material recorded on JBLs usually sounds
best when replayed on them:-)


Nothing for Poochie to get hold of there - he does like to obsess about my
'horns' and affects to ignore that I have Tannoy, Ruark and B&W on the go
also - the Tannoys and Ruarks being used on a daily basis.