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Author: | tomp [ February 4th, 2018, 12:53 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium |
All this points to the reason why I work so hard on a home system. Yes, it will never sound like live with the pluses and minuses that those entail. But, I can pick any performance of any music that I have access to when the moment suits me. And even with the cost of the system, it is a lot less than flying around the world to hear a given performance in a given venue at a given time. And I can repeat a segment or all of it for free as many times as I want. If you don't like that performance or that quality of recording there are usually lots of other choices. Neither is a replacement for the other. |
Author: | TubeDriver [ February 4th, 2018, 12:59 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium |
That was the first thing I thought, my seats were visually great but I like 20 row+ with an orchestra but she confirmed exactly what I heard. What is the sound of a harpsichord? Two skeletons having sex on a tin roof! SoundMods wrote: TubeDriver wrote: Unamplified Live music is a “reference” but you can still get weird sound. I recently saw the BSO with Gabriela Montero at the Strathmore. My seats were 10th row dead center, my mom (has a music degree in performance piano) was seated in the first balcony and we both thought the piano had a wierd thin, almost harpsichordy like sound to it? The performance was good overall and enjoyable but the piano sounded off. Unfortunately the BSO keeps a Steinway for visiting artists. (I am not a fan) Back in the day they had a Bosendorfer that "sang" with an amazing sweet yet big voice. Plus -- your Mom had better seats so I would blame the piano. Row 10 is about middle hall where there is a bass nul that would make anything sound thin. |
Author: | SoundMods [ February 4th, 2018, 2:28 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium |
[quote="TubeDriver"]That was the first thing I thought, my seats were visually great but I like 20 row+ with an orchestra but she confirmed exactly what I heard. What is the sound of a harpsichord? Two skeletons having sex on a tin roof! Actually -- a lot of people do not realize that Harpsicords do not have hammers to strike the strings but leather tabs that pluck the strings. |
Author: | TubeDriver [ February 5th, 2018, 11:07 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium |
Walt, do you breakdown and analyze knock-knock jokes too? |
Author: | SoundMods [ February 5th, 2018, 11:17 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium |
TubeDriver wrote: Walt, do you breakdown and analyze knock-knock jokes too? Laugh all you want -- there are a lot of people that do not know how a Harpsichord operates. |
Author: | ratbagp [ February 5th, 2018, 11:26 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium |
As well as leather, quill was traditionally used for the plectrum that plucks the strings. These days, plastic such as delrin is also used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord ray |
Author: | SoundMods [ February 5th, 2018, 1:08 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Live music at the McEvoy auditorium |
ratbagp wrote: As well as leather, quill was traditionally used for the plectrum that plucks the strings. These days, plastic such as delrin is also used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpsichord ray I had a late buddy that was not only an audiophile, and a musician, but his main hobby was designing and building from scratch reproductions of vintage instruments. He did not do this from kits -- dead scratch. His first project was a portable Harpsicord that he eventually used for recitals given by Musica Antiqua. He fabricated each and every leather pluck. |
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