Upgrades

Posted by: hank on 29 November 2015

Hi all im back again after an intensive pocket emptying upgrading, iv now got a cd2x with xps, 282 with hicap dr (new), still have the nap 150x and the s400 ovaitors, BUT still not happy, it lacks a little something that my 5 series set up had, am feeling its not been worth the cost at the moment, will nap 250 cure it or poss a cds3, any advice for a penniless hi-fi fan would be appreciated before i sell it n buy a Walkman lol

Posted on: 15 December 2015 by hank

Yes bob on, iv got two separate draws now of good n bad recordings, tried adeles 21 yesterday n tho ok is lacking something tho all my old Doors sound great, just shows a lot of modern music is just a product produced cheaply n pumped out to the numpty public

Posted on: 15 December 2015 by Harry

Down the years, through the upgrades, we have found that recordings we found challenging have (mostly) tended to resolve out better as the system has been upgraded.  Bright recordings, for example, might still be obviously sharp but it seems to matter less as the full depth and skill of the performance emerges with greater resolution and musical communication.  The exception is brick walled recordings. So mostly fairly recent stuff. The more resolving power applied to these recordings the worse they sound. I have a lot of CDs/rips which are for car use only.  

Posted on: 15 December 2015 by Gianluigi Mazzorana
mlauner posted:

Go for the Nap 250!

 

+1

Posted on: 15 December 2015 by Steve J

The quality of most modern recordings for the mass market are generally abysmal and is a particular bugbear of JN of this forum. However there are quite a few good quality offerings and the Music Room on this forum is a good source of information gained by other forum members.

Posted on: 15 December 2015 by hank

Thanks steve i will have a look

Posted on: 15 December 2015 by Simon-in-Suffolk

I tend to agree with Harry above, the 'better' they system I use the less different mastering styles prevent my enjoyment.. with my current 252DR/250.2/ATC speakers I can throw anything at it and can enjoy or otherwise it for for what it is, but mastering styles don't prevent this, and of course mastering styles can be deliberately chosen to suit an artist or style and add to the overall musical production... and different mastering engineers can be hired to produce the effect they are best known for..

When I was starting out with hifi it was quite common for some recordings to sound unlistenable on my then systems, especially thin late 80s early 90s digital recordings... now I can enjoy them for what they are and those mastering styles now  sound  interestingly dated.. Which I quite like.

Simon