Fresh back from completing his physical education degree, I showed my 23 year old son my new 272/250DR/Ovator 400 combination on Fraim with dedicated spur in a dedicated listening room. He said whilst he did not want to cause offence, the system lacked bass, and really Dr Dre sounds better on the Muso. As such his gangsta rap and other music dating from the last 10 years is played on the Muso. He prefers the way the Muso booms slightly, and is content with spotify. His mates tend to agree with him and can be often found listening to the Muso in the background over a beer or two.
The happy exception is a 24 yr old friend of his who has degree in music, and who plays bass and piano in a band. He sits entranced in front of the big system and just loves the detail and has remarked on how excellent the musical timing is. It is such a pleasure to share a great system with someone who appreciates it.
By the way, there is nothing wrong with the bass, it is clean and tight, I think many people must prefer booming base from resonating cabinets. Also, there is nothing wrong with the Muso, it does what it does very well indeed. I just guess most people prefer a good hamburger to filet mignon.
Posted on: 26 August 2016 by joerand
My 20 y.o. son shares much of the same musical tastes as me (classic rock, alternative). His listening at college is MP3s via HPs or a Bose bluetooth speaker, and he listens with flat settings. He is fully appreciative of the sonic differences between that mode and when he hears my system at home. He can describe the differences quite well, so I know he gets it. His only 'negative' comment is that he "realizes I don't like a lot of bass". I keep telling him it's not about the quantity, but the quality of the bass.
Posted on: 26 August 2016 by GraemeH
My son quietly confessed to 'getting a bit more into audio' much to my wife's disdain! He's away at uni with no money though so he'll have to wait.
His earbuds were replaced with some Sennheiser Momentum's though...to feed his growing addiction/affliction. He's very pleased with them streaming Tidal in 'hifi' mode.
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Posted on: 27 August 2016 by Bert Schurink
Sounds like a normal reaction. We also have seen for ourselves that it is sometimes difficult to part from the lower spect system as we have been used to and appreciated the levels of distortion. I still remember that it took me some time to appreciate the 252 after I parted with the 282.
non audio interested people tend to like booming bass and warm tones as that's what they normally don't get from real entry type of replay options.
Posted on: 28 August 2016 by Harry
A case in point, discovered today, being this month's release of New Gold Dream remixed. Ripped the DVD-A this week and (as an accompaniment to work) ran it through the MuSo. Lovely. Sounded good. Finally had a go on it in the lounge system today. Loud, flat, bland, muffled and lacking dynamics and tonality. Checked the DR - only visually - and compared it to my 16/44 rip. Bang up job boys! More loud shit. Just what we need. But the MuSo makes it sound good. I expect it will sound fantastic in the car. Any Rush album going back to the mid 90s will also do it. I wish this fashion would move on.
Posted on: 28 August 2016 by Kiwi cat
Yes Harry, the Muso is very forgiving of recording quality sins. Conversely the main system can render sonic crap as sonic crap in excruciating detail, so I tend to avoid poor quality compressed recordings on this system.
On good quality recorded crap, ie,where the music is just bad but shows superb resolution, my son still prefers the Muso because bass is too clean and defined on the big system.
Posted on: 28 August 2016 by Harry
In this regard the MuSo has been an unexpected bonus for me. Being a rather rabid Rush fan I can at last appreciate the care and virtuosity that went into their more recent albums. Not that they are unique - alas. So with the exception of the absolute dross which is beyond rescue regardless of how much I love the artists/songs, the MuSo has given me back about 5% of my treasured collection.
