<WOB> Re: radios

[Michiel van Wessem <jmvw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry,

It's Michiiiel, yeah, yeah? You're damn right I can't hear every single
instrument in a symphony. It seems pretty awesome to me if anybody *can* do
that. Can you really do that, when there's strings, you can count them? But
I'm not really into symphonies, anyway. I'm proud if I can separate all the
instruments in a rock song. 

I should have mentioned that I didn't want to call anyone an old lady who
goes to the food store once a week at 15 mph. Thing is, it seems some
people have terrific sound systems and listen to the stupidest music. So
you might be that old lady. Of course you might also be a music professor
or the conductor of the philharmonic.

Good luck,

Michiel

At 04:47 PM 12/17/98 -0800, you wrote:
>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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