If you'd like to hear a realistic rendition of a drum kit, ATC actives are what you need. They will literally deafen you if you play them loud enough.
To be fair, though, anything will literally deafen you if it's loud enough, even a bumble bee, so that doesn't tell us much.
I suspect what you meant was that ATC will produce literally deafening SPLs more cleanly than many loudspeakers, which may be true provided you haev the amplification necessary.
Agreed 100% Colin
Nice try.
I have never heard any system come close to my own for my tastes in rock music Bub and that includes ATC I will be interested to see how your set up copes with my "Shellac" test
Loudness and dynamics are not the same thing
Any speaker will deafen you if you can play it loud enough
No speaker has the dynamic range to match an orchestra or drum kit
Turning up is also a good test - low distortion should be cleaner and more listenable at high volume levels. Many systems just fall apart as the sound turns up beyond a certain point
I agree with you about real instruments, A close violin can strip wallpaper, drums are REALLY loud and the cymbals have a sting.I would have to disagree with your analysis. Whilst it's probably true that classical instruments may have become brighter, (I believe modern concert Steinways are considered brighter than their older brethren for example) and that the use of direct injection in to the mixing consoles definitely provides a brighter/cleaner sound than a mic'd up fender/marshal cab. I would still argue that most people just wouldn't want the full on rasp and brashness of a trumpet (especially a muted one) in their living room. I think most people in to hi-fi (and most people in general) are completely unaware of how bright and brash some live instruments are. Violins are another example, they can be almost grating at times and I'm sure that most hi-fi buffs would consider a violin to be a sweet mellifluous sounding instrument and that's what they expect their systems to portray.
I am of course referring to live, raw un-amplified instruments played in close proximity i.e. exactly how most of them are recorded.
If anyone is in any doubt of what I say, I'd suggest getting behind an acoustic drum kit and bashing about on it for 30 minutes and seeing how your ears feel. I have never had this experience from (acoustic) drum based music at any volume from a hi-fi.
Many more fall apart as the sound becomes quieter.
Turning up is also a good test - low distortion should be cleaner and more listenable at high volume levels. Many systems just fall apart as the sound turns up beyond a certain point
If you aren't going to listen at those high levels then what's the point?
Why do you think that you are the only person who has noticed what live instruments actually sound like?
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