Re: Lousy radios

[Jerry Chyo <jerryc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:50 PM 12/17/98 -0500, Michael wrote:
>You can rally all you want, but the point you didn't get was that beyond a
>certain sound quality things get a little silly. Can you name all the
>instruments you're hearing in a song? Are you missing some tones? Do you
>hear the piano player fart? 
>
>Does it really affect your appreciation of the music? If it does, isn't
>that a sad thing?
>
>It's kind of like this old lady who only drives to the foodstore, once a
>week, at 15 mph, saying her new M3 handles like crap (and of course some
>cars handle better).

Michael,

What I think this boils down to is the individual ear.  You ask if someone
can hear all the separate instruments, and I for one can.  If the timbre of
an instrument (that's the normal sound of the instrument) is muffled or
worse, absent, then I feel cheated.

Some people hear music, some people feel music.  BMW sound systems suck.
This isn't a slam at you or your perception of sound, but to someone who
feels the music (god that sounds corny) the systems we buy aren't up to the
standards of the rest of the car.

Your comparison of a lady driving her M3 15 mph and saying it handles like
crap is more in line with your comments than Michael #1's.  She can't
appreciate the car and even though we know she is wrong she complains.

Let it go.  You may (from your comments above at least that's what I have
to go by) be one of those unlucky folks who can't hear every instrument
playing in a symphony.  Many can and to those that can, the system is as
important as the struts and springs.

Not a flame,, simply my take.

Later.

Jerry Chyo
'88 M5 (Kenwood head, Kenwood CD, ADS 300i, Boston Acoustic speakers, ADS
plates,...)
'72 tii (ADS 300i, ADS plates, Clarion EQ, Clarion head, Blaupunkt
speakers,...my old stuff)

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