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.

  • gnostalgick@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Honestly never. A good system can certainly show the limitations of a recording (dynamic range, compression, distortion, etc.) but it still always improves some aspect of it, to some degree. But then, I’m pretty fond of a lot of lo-fi genres, so maybe my tolerance for ‘flaws’ is higher than most here.