Hidden details

Posted by: Robby on 20 February 2002

One thing I have noticed the better the system that I have listened to is how much more revealing it is - how much better it is a resloving those finer details.

Has anybody pinpointed any obvious mistakes made by the producer or artist when listening which as become more obvious as they have upgraded.

One that springs to mind are the "bumps" in Are You Lonesome Tonight by Elvis Presley. Apparently recorded in the dark you can quite clearly hear him bump into the microphone stand at one point.

Any other examples?

Posted on: 20 February 2002 by Former member

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robby:
One thing I have noticed the better the system that I have listened to is how much more revealing it is

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Detail is fine in some kinds of music but too much is, on occasion, a turn off. Many of the new CD's have detail that impresses at first but then becomes a distraction... A "Jewel" CD I have amplifies the sounds of saliva on her lips as she sings... I have never heard a live performance in which such sounds are boosted by the Mixer... sounds like my dog is licking my ear! I wonder what Callas would have sounded like with some slurping mixed into "La Vestale"

John Treggett > O.K.

Posted on: 20 February 2002 by garyi

Loads of zappa stuff you can hear zappa telling people to slow down or what ever, I think this was on purpose though. Thing is I never heard it before I got naim stuff, so there you go.

I find you can hear Steve Howe's cuffs scraping the strings in many yes recordings as well, as the above says this can often be a distraction to the music, especially when you hear it and can't 'stop' hearing it!

Posted on: 20 February 2002 by Dave J

On the Frank Sinatra track 'Very Good Year' on the Sopranos CD you can hear one of the orchestra members adjusting his seat.

On a really good system you can just about make out that he's a double bass player, weighs 95kgs, the seat has a vinyl top and the $0.25 coin in his back pocket is 'tails'.

Dave

Posted on: 25 February 2002 by kentonious

I noticed trumpet sounds in general from my SACD player were very 'spitty' and overly 'puffy'---I found
the main culprit was Harmonic Technology Pro Silway II interconnect---changed to Transparent Audio Music Link with much better results. Goes
to show cabling is very system dependent.