Last Saturday I went to the symphony. I heard Beethoven.
I did not hear any air around any of the instruments in the orchestra, nor around the piano playing the piano concerto.
And 3 weeks ago I went to a 3 day folk music festival with all music played through a concert sound system, even the classical guitarists. I never heard any air around instruments there either.
What I did hear at both the Beethoven concert and the folk music festival was music that had a wholeness to it. The symphony was as one instrument with many many individual colors. And music through a sound system is completely as one, no matter where on the stage the person is playing.
I have often read the phrase "air around instruments" in reviews. But is this not just one of those "audiophile sound characteristics" rather than what music really sounds like?!
I did not hear any air around any of the instruments in the orchestra, nor around the piano playing the piano concerto.
And 3 weeks ago I went to a 3 day folk music festival with all music played through a concert sound system, even the classical guitarists. I never heard any air around instruments there either.
What I did hear at both the Beethoven concert and the folk music festival was music that had a wholeness to it. The symphony was as one instrument with many many individual colors. And music through a sound system is completely as one, no matter where on the stage the person is playing.
I have often read the phrase "air around instruments" in reviews. But is this not just one of those "audiophile sound characteristics" rather than what music really sounds like?!