On 4/3/2018 7:56 AM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 19:49:19 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 4/2/2018 7:31 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/2/18 2:31 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/2/2018 2:23 PM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 2 Apr 2018 13:45:36 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/2/18 1:33 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/2/2018 1:20 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 1 Apr 2018 13:28:25 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
On 4/1/2018 9:59 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 4/1/18 12:51 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 31 Mar 2018 17:54:49 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:
You probably are right. Pretty soon we'll be seeing one liter
engines
zipping "funny cars" down the dragstrip!
They are getting a 3 ton truck up to 60 in 6 seconds with a 213
Cu/In
engine. In the 80s that would have taken a high performance 350 or
400. It would have been a 427 in the 60s.
Engines have come a long way.
Apparently so, but somehow it reminds me of the guys who used to
tell me
that those little Bose speakers put out the same quality of
sound as
theater-sized klipschorns or wharfedales or other large,
horn-loaded
speakers, or that "surround sound" is "more real" than what you
hear at
an acoustically correct concert hall with proper miking. I never
believed that...taste, after all, is subjective. I have a CD of
Mischa
Maisky playing Bach cello suites I play frequently, and I've
seen him
perform in a small concert hall. I used to lug a copy of that CD
around
to audio stores when I was thinking of getting different
speakers. The
CD sounded like **** to me on new technology small
speakers...the cello
sounded like a viola, which is tuned an octave higher.
Your ears and yourÂ* expectation of what "good" music reproduction
sounds
like is very subjective.Â* Your brain is an excellent equalizer so
if you
listen to music often on poorly performing speakers it can start to
sound ok.Â* Your brain replaces what is missing.Â*Â* You just can't
do an
instant "A", "B" test because you'll immediately notice the
difference.
Surround sound sucks usually because people over-do the rear
"reflectance" sounds in terms of amplitude.Â* Set up properly you
shouldn't even notice that there are read or side speakers at all.
Surround is really for movies anyway where it is specifically
recorded
to use the side and rear speakers as origin points, like a
helicopter
circling over your head or something.
I agree. I don't really notice the surround on our 5.1 systems until
we play a movie that uses all of it. I suppose they could record
music
in 5.1 but there is not a lot of it around.
Some music and even symphony orchestras are recorded in surround
but the
intent of trying to create a true hall effect is hard to do plus most
people set the surround levels too high in order to "hear" them. Doing
so destroys the subtle reflection of sound that was intended.
Six channel "Super CD" recordings are very high in dynamic range and
fidelity because the recording technique is totally different than
regular CD'sÂ* but again, the extra channels don't always add to the
authenticity of the performance in a large venue or hall.
We're going to see The Barber of Seville at the KenCen later this
month,
featuring, among others, the Moldavan baritone, Andrey Zhilikhovsky.
Hopefully, no one will mess with the sound and make it sound like
someone's multi-channel surround stereo.Â* 
The baritone is rising rapidly among the great singers...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWyqaomjpdE
...especially since the sad and untimely death from brain cancer of
Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
Yeah, that was a real shame.
I guess that appeals to many people (which I can understand) but I am
not high brow enough to appreciate it much.
The Barber of Seville and Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro were the
musical theater of their times, and those comic operas and others had
great appeal to the masses, even those with no formal education. The
same was true of Gilbert & Sullivan's operettas.
Incidently, both the Rossini work and Mozart's were based on works by
the same playwright and the main protagonists are as a result named Figaro.
You might like these version of Figaro's Barber of Seville aria...with a
translation.
My taste for enjoying opera is limited. I like a lot of the comic operas
for their great music and really silly plots. Many of the "tragic"
operas put me to sleep.Â*
Well, enjoy your evening. I just don't have any appreciation for opera
in general but I certainly don't fault those who do. If there's a story
being told I'd rather just read it.
The most "high brow" I get is a few visit to Symphony Hall in Boston
once in a great while and to be honest, I am more awed by the
unbelievable acoustics there. Blows me away. We both (meaning Mrs.E.
and I) enjoy the Boston Pops and try to see them every year or so. It's
usually a fun take and we are friends with someone who performs with the
Pops.
My mom was a huge fan of the Boston Pops. We boys grew up listening to their records. Never been
there, but they provided a lot of enjoyment. Of course, this was back when Arthur Fiedler was
conducting. Probably way, way too low-brow for Harry.
We have a friend, Amanda Carr, who we met when I had the guitar shop.
She is also a realtor and handled the sale of our house two years ago.
She performed a couple of times at the shop in concerts I arranged.
She also performs occasionally with the both the Boston Pops and the
full Boston Symphony Orchestra. Through her we also met the guy and
became friends with who plays guitar for both the Pops and the full
orchestra. He came to our house and played for over an hour at one
of the open houses when we had the house on the market.
We get together once and a while when she's not busy entertaining. I
arranged for her to perform at an elderly day care facility that I drove
for for a year. She's the salt of the earth, has nothing bad to say
about anyone and will do anything she can to help people.
Here's a video of her with the Pops on New Year's eve in 2017 and
another with a few members of the Pops at a less formal performance
singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeDxUE6iVUw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCjZw5wnW24