Music System - Thoughts & Ideas used to put together Music Systems

There are many ideas that I have used in putting together the Music Systems suggested in the previous post here.

The idea is that we assemble a High Fidelity Audio System which accurately reproduces the music that is being played. So the focus has to be on quality rather than quantity. Quality here will be the quality of sound reproduced & quantity will be amount of volume that you can increase.

And in order to do quality, we will need to keep our focus on sound characteristics. I will describe them now, but one thing is to be kept in mind - that characteristics which are not known but are present in the system go into making the experience of listening magickal. So, you learn the following accordingly...

Basic System
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Clarity - everybody understands this. More clear sound.

Tight Bass - Bass that is produced should be tight and not just bigger.

Fatigue Free Sound - You should not get tired after listening to music for a small duration of time like an hour.

Balanced Sound - The vocals, bass & musical instruments should be balanced in volume. None should overpower the others.

Stereo Separation - 2 speakers produce a stereo separation and a ball of sound. Its very pleasant to stay within that ball of sound and be surrounded by music.

Intermediate System

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Timing - music will not appear to hurry along but will sound relaxed & well synchronized.

Emotion - There should be feeling in the music and not just beats & voices.

Musical - It should sound musical.

Timbre - The music instruments should sound like real life instruments.

Depth - Music should sound as if coming from some depth.

Advanced System

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Smooth - Music should be smooth & hence soothing.

Dynamic Range - When a singer increases his voice level, it should sound exactly like he did.

Instrument separation - One should be able to identify separate instruments even in heavy orchestras.

Organic Natural Sound - Sound should not appear to be artificial but natural like in real life.

Imaging - When speakers are positioned well, the ball of sound that gets created, creates the stage on which the band has played music. Singer in the middle, drums in the back and other instruments on the side can be identified.