- Thread Author
- #1
<!-- #thumb --> <p>I promised we’d get started on system tuning and figuring out how to relate what I am doing on the new system to what you can do on yours. *Hopefully this new series will be a help to you in getting the most out of your high-end audio system.</p>
<p>The first thing to understand is key to this whole process – learning your music library or at least the dozen or so pieces of music you are most familiar with. *This may seem really obvious to most of you but I want to assume we haven’t done this before and walk through each step carefully.</p>
<p>To make this process work we’re going to rely on our sound memory. *This is critical to the process and here we’re not so concerned with instruments sounding real, bass being right (or wrong), etc. *What we want to know and get a grip on is how these tracks you’ve chosen work in what you have now. *Let’s call this our baseline reference.</p>
<p>Let’s start with one of my classics that I use routinely, Diana Krall’s CD “From this moment on”. *Track 5 is a particular favorite. *Here’s what I want to know: how does she and her piano sound on what I am listening to? *Does it sound live, studio, natural – are there any “flaws” I hear in the recording, perhaps it’s thin, perhaps it’s fat, etc. *Form an opinion on this disc and this cut assuming the cut itself is perfect and you’re just evaluating that cut as a reviewer might if he were to write a review.</p>
<p>Make mental note. *Take written notes if you have to, but better to really listen and get intimate with the recording. *Now do the same for a few more – using a wide variety of musical types and form an opinion on each. *This process might take you a few days, but it’s important.</p>
<p>Where you want to wind up is a level of intimacy with how this track sounds on your system right now – for better or worse – because you’ll need this info to make forward progress on the next steps.</p>
<center><a href="http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/ready/10874/emailpopup/" onclick="email_popup(this.href); return false;" title="Forward to a friend and help us engage more readers" rel="nofollow"><img class="WP-EmailIcon" src="http://www.pstracks.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-email/images/email.gif" alt="email Getting ready" title="Getting ready" /></a>*<a href="http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/ready/10874/emailpopup/" onclick="email_popup(this.href); return false;" title="Forward to a friend and help us engage more readers" rel="nofollow">Forward to a friend and help us engage more readers</a></center><br /><!-- // MAILCHIMP SUBSCRIBE CODE --><center><a href="http://eepurl.com/eSzBY">Get new and fresh stories like this each morning by joining the folks reading Paul's Posts. Click here </a></center>
<!-- MAILCHIMP SUBSCRIBE CODE // -->
[Source: http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/ready/10874/]
<p>The first thing to understand is key to this whole process – learning your music library or at least the dozen or so pieces of music you are most familiar with. *This may seem really obvious to most of you but I want to assume we haven’t done this before and walk through each step carefully.</p>
<p>To make this process work we’re going to rely on our sound memory. *This is critical to the process and here we’re not so concerned with instruments sounding real, bass being right (or wrong), etc. *What we want to know and get a grip on is how these tracks you’ve chosen work in what you have now. *Let’s call this our baseline reference.</p>
<p>Let’s start with one of my classics that I use routinely, Diana Krall’s CD “From this moment on”. *Track 5 is a particular favorite. *Here’s what I want to know: how does she and her piano sound on what I am listening to? *Does it sound live, studio, natural – are there any “flaws” I hear in the recording, perhaps it’s thin, perhaps it’s fat, etc. *Form an opinion on this disc and this cut assuming the cut itself is perfect and you’re just evaluating that cut as a reviewer might if he were to write a review.</p>
<p>Make mental note. *Take written notes if you have to, but better to really listen and get intimate with the recording. *Now do the same for a few more – using a wide variety of musical types and form an opinion on each. *This process might take you a few days, but it’s important.</p>
<p>Where you want to wind up is a level of intimacy with how this track sounds on your system right now – for better or worse – because you’ll need this info to make forward progress on the next steps.</p>
<center><a href="http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/ready/10874/emailpopup/" onclick="email_popup(this.href); return false;" title="Forward to a friend and help us engage more readers" rel="nofollow"><img class="WP-EmailIcon" src="http://www.pstracks.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-email/images/email.gif" alt="email Getting ready" title="Getting ready" /></a>*<a href="http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/ready/10874/emailpopup/" onclick="email_popup(this.href); return false;" title="Forward to a friend and help us engage more readers" rel="nofollow">Forward to a friend and help us engage more readers</a></center><br /><!-- // MAILCHIMP SUBSCRIBE CODE --><center><a href="http://eepurl.com/eSzBY">Get new and fresh stories like this each morning by joining the folks reading Paul's Posts. Click here </a></center>
<!-- MAILCHIMP SUBSCRIBE CODE // -->
[Source: http://www.pstracks.com/pauls-posts/ready/10874/]