Hotel California - The Shaker test .

[2010*zuma]

is this thread taking the mickey (mouse) ...

 

[Lee M]

I can hear it on my low rent system. I turned it off pretty much straight away though. Says more about me than the music

 

[TIU]

I'm not saying my speakers are bright but both cats jumped in the air when they heard it.

 

[Lawrence001]

I'm not saying my speakers are bright but both cats jumped in the air when they heard it.

What the shaker or the mouse?

 

[DomT]

I got hotel California from a bird I was dating at Christmas, she broke up with me new year's Day

It's just too painful a listen
I mean generally, not for that reason

Did she jump out of the oven to be with you? Just checking as we are not in 1970.

 

[TIU]

Did she jump out of the oven to be with you? Just checking as we are not in 1970.

He was desperado and tried taking it to the limit when she had an easy peaceful feeling, in the city.

 

[kernow]

Did she jump out of the oven to be with you? Just checking as we are not in 1970.

Are you sure with the music we're overanalyzing in this thread?

 

[kernow]

I'm Cornish btw, I call everyone bird, me ansom or my cocker

 

[Tony_J]

I got hotel California from a bird I was dating at Christmas

The GP can help with that...

 

[CnoEvil]

Is that the mouse that was playing the shaker...?

No! It was the mouse that was eaten by the Rattlesnake

 

[Tony_J]

No! It was the mouse that was eaten by the Rattlesnake

That sounds like a tall tail...

 

[Rothwell Audio]

I'm finding this thread a bit odd. So many people saying that they couldn't care less if the shaker is audible or not on their system. Is this supposed to be an audiophile forum? Isn't the point of an audiophile sound system to let you hear what's on a recording?
Am I missing something?

 

[CnoEvil]

Am I missing something?

We're deaf Old Gits, half of whom have Tinnitus and who have too much time on our hands?

 

[Tony_J]

I'm finding this thread a bit odd. So many people saying that they couldn't care less if the shaker is audible or not on their system. Is this supposed to be an audiophile forum? Isn't the point of an audiophile sound system to let you hear what's on a recording?
Am I missing something?

I don't see any oddness there. I'm confident that if the shaker is there on the recording, I would be able to hear it on my system. However, given the source material under discussion, I wouldn't bother to listen to it to make sure.

 

[PeteVid]

I don't see any oddness there. I'm confident that if the shaker is there on the recording, I would be able to hear it on my system. However, given the source material under discussion, I wouldn't bother to listen to it to make sure.

But isn’t that a tad ostrich like though? A simple test whereby the lack of that instrumental sound, when we know it is present on the source material, could be highlighting a deficiency in your system that you weren’t previously aware of.

 

[Nativebon]

Oh well the human condition?.... And we wonder why we got real wars going on in the world. It starts from unnecessary fluff.

 

[Tony_J]

But isn’t that a tad ostrich like though? A simple test whereby the lack of that instrumental sound, when we know it is present on the source material, could be highlighting a deficiency in your system that you weren’t previously aware of.

If it's a tad anything, it is a tad can't be arsed. Your premise seems to me to be a tad audio nervosa - from listening to material that I actually want to listen to I'm happy that my system is resolving very well thanks and I don't need to play HC to prove it.

 

[Gray]

who was it that said audiophiles aren't crazy

Russ Andrews

 

[karma67]

its clear as a bell on the original vinyl as is the wind rush sound switching between speakers.

 

[Warszawa]

I got hotel California from a bird I was dating at Christmas

Is this a new STI euphemism I'm unaware of?