does anyone here agree that a good sound system can enhance your enjoyment of music exponentially?
back in my childhood all i ever had was a dinky little radio, i liked my little radio friendly songs
we had cassette tapes to play back songs we really liked on the radio and wanted to hear over and over
and then cds came around, they were really expensive to begin with but it made it easier than fast forwarding cassettes
we have ipods these days yadda yadda
but the thing that i noticed about music is how much i can enjoy it by almost literally feeling it when it has a little bit of bass or 'oomph' to it
in many ways the bass and percussion section of bands are overlooked in the old days because you couldnt hear or feel them on the 'radio' speakers
my system that i cherish, is an altec lansing.
Funny that i was digging through some old songs, the track 'Underneath the Radar' by Underworld said to be one of the most expensive tracks ever to record sounds AMAZING on the Altec. and it is an old track, you listen to it on radio it sounds ridiculous and dated. but word is the track apparently was produced quite well, and it has a new lease of life to it with a pumping bass line that you can hear and 'almost feel'
another example is The Bends by Radiohead, it sounds ridiculously quiet compared to Radiohead's more recent catalogue. but plug it into my sound system and it "gets to exactly where it plans to go"
although its not always the case, older music (from the 60s or 70s) do not have great basslines and REALLY lack a punch or oomph to it ... other than the occassionally great album like Genesis The lamb lies down on broadway. but i speak of the Beatles - they could turn up the volume for their basslines - along with mixing their tracks a little bit better- who here agrees that the 'music coming from one side (left or right) and not the other' style the beatles had to mixing their music is ridiculous?
and, yes the neighbours will complain
back in my childhood all i ever had was a dinky little radio, i liked my little radio friendly songs
we had cassette tapes to play back songs we really liked on the radio and wanted to hear over and over
and then cds came around, they were really expensive to begin with but it made it easier than fast forwarding cassettes
we have ipods these days yadda yadda
but the thing that i noticed about music is how much i can enjoy it by almost literally feeling it when it has a little bit of bass or 'oomph' to it
in many ways the bass and percussion section of bands are overlooked in the old days because you couldnt hear or feel them on the 'radio' speakers
my system that i cherish, is an altec lansing.
Funny that i was digging through some old songs, the track 'Underneath the Radar' by Underworld said to be one of the most expensive tracks ever to record sounds AMAZING on the Altec. and it is an old track, you listen to it on radio it sounds ridiculous and dated. but word is the track apparently was produced quite well, and it has a new lease of life to it with a pumping bass line that you can hear and 'almost feel'
another example is The Bends by Radiohead, it sounds ridiculously quiet compared to Radiohead's more recent catalogue. but plug it into my sound system and it "gets to exactly where it plans to go"
although its not always the case, older music (from the 60s or 70s) do not have great basslines and REALLY lack a punch or oomph to it ... other than the occassionally great album like Genesis The lamb lies down on broadway. but i speak of the Beatles - they could turn up the volume for their basslines - along with mixing their tracks a little bit better- who here agrees that the 'music coming from one side (left or right) and not the other' style the beatles had to mixing their music is ridiculous?
and, yes the neighbours will complain
