Hola,
I saw someone post at another forum about thinking that we may be entering an era of Hi Fi that may actually be providing "too much detail."
I hadn't really thought about it before, but the analogy was similar to the current direction that video is taking - so much definition that we are now starting to be able to "see through" the illusion of film and are now faced with so much visual information that we get distracted by an actor's pores, or flaws in the set or costuming instead of the slightly pleasant wash or "softness" of past film techniques. Putting something in too high definition on a screen that is 60 feet across can provide visual information that we would never encounter in "real life. There is a worry that the detail could diminish the impact and emotional response to the "artistic image" and move our attention to the detail - to the detriment of the artistic/emotional experience.
So, could this happen to Hi Fi?
Are we "supposed" to be able to hear the third violinist on the right turning a page of music?
Do we need so much detail that we become able to be distracted by the subway passing underneath Carnegie Hall when we listen to a musical recording?
If we are hearing more "detail" than someone who attended the live musical event, then what are we accomplishing? Can it be we are hearing "more" than the artist or recordist intended to convey?
Do you think it is possible that we could diminish our musical experience by achieving too high a level of detail?
In other words, is the Hi Fi experience still as romantic if, in addition to the "making love," we also have to look at the cervix?
Hola,
I saw someone post at another forum about thinking that we may be entering an era of Hi Fi that may actually be providing "too much detail."
I hadn't really thought about it before, but the analogy was similar to the current direction that video is taking - so much definition that we are now starting to be able to "see through" the illusion of film and are now faced with so much visual information that we get distracted by an actor's pores, or flaws in the set or costuming instead of the slightly pleasant wash or "softness" of past film techniques. Putting something in too high definition on a screen that is 60 feet across can provide visual information that we would never encounter in "real life. There is a worry that the detail could diminish the impact and emotional response to the "artistic image" and move our attention to the detail - to the detriment of the artistic/emotional experience.
So, could this happen to Hi Fi?
Are we "supposed" to be able to hear the third violinist on the right turning a page of music?
Do we need so much detail that we become able to be distracted by the subway passing underneath Carnegie Hall when we listen to a musical recording?
If we are hearing more "detail" than someone who attended the live musical event, then what are we accomplishing? Can it be we are hearing "more" than the artist or recordist intended to convey?
Do you think it is possible that we could diminish our musical experience by achieving too high a level of detail?
In other words, is the Hi Fi experience still as romantic if, in addition to the "making love," we also have to look at the cervix?