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Thread: Violins vs. violas |
    
Bronze Member Username: Ptarmigan
Post Number: 30
Registered: Nov-05
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| Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 10:21 pm: |
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Is there really a difference in sound, or have we actually been the victim of a cruel hoax?
And what's with these outrageous prices for Stradivarii, when you can get a perfectly good violin at Sam's for $64.95, with case and a bow thrown in?
Now the double bass is a different matter, of course, although I can't for the life of me understand why orchestras need both the double bass and cellos.
After all, they all sound the same. |
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| Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 11:05 pm: |
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Is this kind of like Affirmed vs. Alydar?
I think not because the human interpretation of sound just isn't as readily quantifiable.
Opinions make the horse race which is great; we actually wind up with an undeniable defining moment.
Too bad, ain't so with the crazy hobby of sound, audio and opinions. And so it goes:
http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/1/135998.html |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 6551
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 09:54 am: |
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http://www.psbspeakers.com/audioTopics.php?fpId=8&page_num=1&start=0 |
Gold Member Username: Frank_abela
Berkshire
UK
Post Number: 1022
Registered: Sep-04
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| Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 11:45 am: |
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J Pi,
You need a better HiFi, or access to some live concerts BADLY!
Regards,
Frank. |
Gold Member Username: Jan_b_vigne
Dallas,
TX
Post Number: 6554
Registered: May-04
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| Posted on Friday, November 11, 2005 - 12:34 pm: |
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Will Sam's cut a deal if I only want the case to put my Stradivarius in? |
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| Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 12:25 am: |
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Surprise. Opinions vary on that inimitable sound of your Stradivari.
http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/BICH/Sep2203a.htm
Based on your Stradivari (I own the other 599), how did the sound, precisely, compare to Mr. Walton's axe? |
Silver Member Username: Touche6784
USA
Post Number: 732
Registered: Nov-04
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| Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 12:50 am: |
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j pi is such a joke. |
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| Posted on Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 09:35 am: |
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great link, JAW.
Gotta love it when the fat snobbish tower of conventional wisdom gets shaken to its roots! |
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