this is an excerpt from the wilson audio site -
"For Dave Wilson, the primary thing that countsand has from the beginning of his careeris the quest to reproduce music in a way that preserves the numinous and emotional impact of the live event. Its an objective thats nearly impossible to quantify yet amazingly easy to discern. Its units of measure are tingles in the spine and hairs on the back of the neckor even, perhaps, aqueous secretions from the lachrymal glands.
The challenge of creating a loudspeaker that can match live music is twofold: first, grasp the auditory cues that communicate the brio of live music to the brain, and second, in the unfeeling realm of drivers, crossovers, and cabinets, know how to manipulate those materials to preserve the ineffable effect that music plays in our emotional lives".
AND THIS - (separately)
i quote verbatim - (the words of an experienced person)
"While mixing a song, the idea is not to replicate the exact sound of an intimate performance you've just heard, but to give the music an edge that the performance could not provide. In other words, if we'd kept the recorded music exactly how it was recorded, which is known as a 'dry' mix, you'd probably get bored to death"
well, if this is true, then all attempts at recreating the un-amplified music event via a commercially available redbook cd are futile, and each one might as well try to listen to a version that appeals!
TERRIBLE! - such a waste of time!
"For Dave Wilson, the primary thing that countsand has from the beginning of his careeris the quest to reproduce music in a way that preserves the numinous and emotional impact of the live event. Its an objective thats nearly impossible to quantify yet amazingly easy to discern. Its units of measure are tingles in the spine and hairs on the back of the neckor even, perhaps, aqueous secretions from the lachrymal glands.
The challenge of creating a loudspeaker that can match live music is twofold: first, grasp the auditory cues that communicate the brio of live music to the brain, and second, in the unfeeling realm of drivers, crossovers, and cabinets, know how to manipulate those materials to preserve the ineffable effect that music plays in our emotional lives".
AND THIS - (separately)
i quote verbatim - (the words of an experienced person)
"While mixing a song, the idea is not to replicate the exact sound of an intimate performance you've just heard, but to give the music an edge that the performance could not provide. In other words, if we'd kept the recorded music exactly how it was recorded, which is known as a 'dry' mix, you'd probably get bored to death"
well, if this is true, then all attempts at recreating the un-amplified music event via a commercially available redbook cd are futile, and each one might as well try to listen to a version that appeals!
TERRIBLE! - such a waste of time!
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