Why does the music played at AXPONA suck so bad?

[Robin L]

Really?
Where did somebody find a fine sounding banjo???? GDR!

Well, Bluegrass doesn't have to be all about the banjos and it's 100% acoustic music, potentially very good demo material, like this example from today's favorite bluegrass artist:

 

[Frank Dernie]

Well, Bluegrass doesn't have to be all about the banjos and it's 100% acoustic music, potentially very good demo material, like this example from today's favorite bluegrass artist:

I wouldn't stay and listen to that, I'm afraid!

 

[Avp1]

I think that rather than use some notional 'live performance' as a benchmark the vast majority want a comparison between the show system and what system they currently have at home. So we might all yawn when 'Brothers In Arms' or 'Rumours' gets used as a demo but the reality is most people have those records and know how other systems including their own, present them.

I think we can only judge fidelity of the replay with the numbers, the measurements. For listening comparisons it's 'Do I prefer how this recording is presented on my system or on the show system?' A relative, rather than an absolute comparison.

Sometimes I do the opposite: when I get home, I put the record I heard to find if my system does better or worse with it.

 

[Robin L]

I wouldn't stay and listen to that, I'm afraid!

Differrent strokes.

Just try playing this at Axpona, I dare ya!:

 

[mhardy6647]

So -- I love bluegrass, but I can only take it in fairly small doses.
So much heartache, death, disfiguration, and dismemberment.

 

[Robin L]

Not much bass below 30 Hz though:
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No doubt, though 30 Hz is plenty deep for a singer/songwriter production. When I first heard this CD it had more bass than I expected from this sort of material and the tonal balance favors the low end. I've found that many of Suzanne Vega's productions have complex, layered arrangements.

 

[mhardy6647]

oh, speaking of those toe-tappin' country songs!
Billy Connolly. 'nuff said.

Request this for next year's AXPONA!

I'll stop now... I promise.

 

[mhardy6647]

No doubt, though 30 Hz is plenty deep for a singer/songwriter production. When I first heard this CD it had more bass than I expected from this sort of material and the tonal balance favors the low end. I've found that many of Suzanne Vega's productions have complex, layered arrangements.

Plus I quite like much of Suzanne Vega's music -- even though Patty Larkin had a bad experience with her at some point, apparently.

@Frank Dernie: 100% banjo, accordion, bagpipe, and trombone free

 

[Robin L]

So -- I love bluegrass, but I can only take it in fairly small doses.
So much heartache, death, disfiguration, and dismemberment.

Unlike heavy metal, I guess.



Here's an example of what I really like about Billy Strings, kinda reminds me of Charlie Parker:

 

[krabapple]

Would any room at AXPONA play this Bela Fleck/Flecktones blues-fusion workout? Dynamics and transients aplenty, and immaculate recording quality.

 

[Vuki]

Would any room at AXPONA play this Bela Fleck/Flecktones blues-fusion workout? Dynamics and transients aplenty, and immaculate recording quality.

IIRC Flight of the Cosmic Hippo was "audiophile standard" at hifi shows in early 90s...