The Swedish Chef wrote:
griffo104 wrote:
I'm not sure how you can audition without music you know.....
the premise of the argument is that if you have a pre conceived idea of how the music should sound youwillautomatically choose the kit that meets your assumptions not the kit that actually makes the best noise.
But what if you want the kit that makes the best noise with YOUR music ? You know the stuff you spend 99% of your time listening to.
Buy 24 tracks you don't know, demo kit and buy hifi based on that, get home put your favourite album on and it sounds .... utter shite. I can see what they are saying - I just don't see how you can do it.
Take the album I have as an avatar - Streetcleaner by Godlfesh - a great album, a cheap pretty dire recording. I always take this with me to demo at a dealers for the exact reason I know what it can do to a hifi (and the poor dealer).
Now let me give that to one of the classical boys (or someone who likes Dire Straits or such music) and tell them to go and listen to it at a demo without knowing what is contained on the disk.
They simply wouldn't know how the kit was performing - imo of course.
Preconceptions are funny thing but when I'm spending money I want to KNOW I'm what I'm getting when I get home with it.