So I don’t have a super high-end system by any means. I have JBL L36 speakers. They sound awesome. There is some music that sounds absolutely incredible on them. The Beatles – Abbey Road. Oscar Peterson - We Get Requests, Robag Wruhme - Thora Vukk, Lorde - The Louvre…

There is some of my favourite music however, that sounds completely non-impactful and wimpy on the speakers as well. Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again, and in fact most of their catalogue. Bowie - Berlin trilogy sounds weak but it slams in my car…

I would really love to know if someone has a great system and Depeche Mode/Bowie sound fantastic on it.

  • stumblingmonk@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Are you saying that controlling the level of bass changes the amount of detail you can hear? That doesn’t really make sense to me. Wouldn’t more bass make a fart sound louder? What does “musical” vs “detailed” mean and how do they compete?

    • soonerstu@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I think the fart was a bad example. I see it as a detailed system maybe you can hear the guitarist sliding his fingers on the strings. In a more musical system that detail may be lost due to emphasized bass, but it sounds better because the bass is the heart of a rock song not those little details that get revealed on a more accurate system.

      • stumblingmonk@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Yeah I like the bass. I have two 15” subs in mine. Just never thought I was loosing anything by turning it up.

        • nonconveniens@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Emphasizing one frequency range always means losing in another. It’s all about relative sound levels. Have to choose what’s most important to you.