I saw somewhere on this forum a post which suggested that a hi-fi system didn’t need to reproduce something that sounded like the original performance. Now the “fi” part of hi-fi is short for “fidelity” which means truthfulness so hi-fi means something like “highly truthful to the original”.
I seriously wonder whether posters to this forum are actually interested in “hi-fi” or in something which simply sounds good. Now there is nothing wrong with having a great sounding system but if it can’t reproduce original performances it ain’t hi-fi! Now there’s nothing wrong with that but we shouldn’t deceive ourselves!
Similarly there are highly favourable reviews of speakers on this site which I know from listening to them can’t actually reproduce the sound of a piano! I know what pianos sound like, I live less than 1 mile from Symphony Hall in Birmingham and have been going to concerts for 50 years! I am willing to suggest that the reviewers on this site don't really know whay they are talking about. How can they justify giving a high rating to a speaker which can't reproduce accurate sound? They either can't hear properly or ...
So, whilst I hate to be controversial, is this site simply a sham?
Discuss!!!
Chris
I seriously wonder whether posters to this forum are actually interested in “hi-fi” or in something which simply sounds good. Now there is nothing wrong with having a great sounding system but if it can’t reproduce original performances it ain’t hi-fi! Now there’s nothing wrong with that but we shouldn’t deceive ourselves!
Similarly there are highly favourable reviews of speakers on this site which I know from listening to them can’t actually reproduce the sound of a piano! I know what pianos sound like, I live less than 1 mile from Symphony Hall in Birmingham and have been going to concerts for 50 years! I am willing to suggest that the reviewers on this site don't really know whay they are talking about. How can they justify giving a high rating to a speaker which can't reproduce accurate sound? They either can't hear properly or ...
So, whilst I hate to be controversial, is this site simply a sham?
Discuss!!!
Chris