Originally Posted By: jazzmammal
Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
I can clearly hear the difference between CD and DVD quality audio, but only on a good sound system in a good room.


This is the most important thing to talk about before even starting a discussion like this. Over on Keyboard Corner, guys post excruciating details about the subtleties of this sound library or that hardware synth but that's not the worst. The worst is the Hammond B3 organ clone fanatics. They go crazy over tiny little details in the sound. Nobody mentions what they are listening through until I, ahem, bring it up. Then we find some are using $50 computer speakers, others are using consumer home theater setups you get at Best Buy, others use their PA speakers like JBL Eons for home monitoring, Roland KC500's etc. All of that totally sucks for trying to test out audiophile level sound. A few though say they have a pair of Genelec's or Adam's or like me an awesome pair of Altec Model 14's that had a list of $2,899 EACH in 1984. I picked them up used several years ago. Those people I'll listen to when they say one thing sounds better than another.


Bob


Ive found the same thing, forums can be awesome or completely confusing, I just decided to get some real speakers, well near field ones and on almost the same posts can hear one speaker is great or tinny and needs to be chucked or cheerished.
I payed attention to posts that actually told u what to look for on the specs and I finnly found a nice cheep pair with no colouration of sound, they r cheep but then my hearing sucks ( worked in construction my whole life).
I think its just a breed of people that need to be right, and only the item they have sounds good and all others r crap.
Guitar pickups, vst soundbanks, headphones etc etc if its subjective they come out of the woodwork. I look now for a post where it starts what u have is probably fine and if u look at the specs for the item it should be in this range