Car sound systems

[Don Cicchetti <dcicchet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

let me add my .02 on this.   I record, and master CD's for a living, and I
can tell you that a good system, whether in the car or not, can reproduce
*anything* well.   Rock, Jazz, Blues, or Mozart, it doesn't matter.   If a
system sounds good for one kind of music, and lousy for something else,
it's simply lousy.    Yes some people like accentuated bass or other
non-linear responses, but that should ba available from your eq/tone
controls.

When we make recordings, we hope that your playback system will simply
reproduce what is on the disc in all its detail and complexity.    When a
system is designed right, it will simply tell the truth about what is on
this disc.   No fuss, no fuzz, no curtain over the highs, no phony
100-200hz bump to fool the ignorant into saying "wow! bass!!", no bs, just
an accurate representation of what is on the disc.   Period.

BTW, Michiel, you should get to know a symphony conductor.   Take them with
you to buy audio gear.   Have them bring a CD of their own work, and bring
some of your favorites as well (they usually love good rock, jazz etc, as
well as classical)   They will seperate the trashy equipment from the great
audio gear in about 10 seconds!   They HEAR like Bruce Lee could punch.

Don





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Don Cicchetti, Coordinator
La Sierra University Library Media Services
Academic technology support, Technology education, Audio recording,
CD mastering, Event sound, Video production, Computer graphics.
Web Page  http://www.lasierra.edu/library/medias/media_main.html
email  dcicchet@domain.elided


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