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Post by John on Nov 11, 2019 16:33:21 GMT
Today by chance for the first time I got to experience Organ based music in a church (Southwark Cathedral) The sense of scale was great with bass you could feel deep in your body A sense of effortless and air
It would not work to build a system with these aspirations with my musical taste but I could understand why some people might seek this
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Post by MartinT on Nov 11, 2019 22:53:07 GMT
I love the power of real organ and my system makes a pretty decent job of it, although nothing beats the scale of the real thing.
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Post by John on Nov 12, 2019 5:31:02 GMT
Yes, it was the sense of scale that surprised me and how effortless it was. However, it would be far too mushy for the kind of music I mostly enjoy due to all that natural reverb
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Post by MartinT on Nov 12, 2019 8:54:24 GMT
You should hear the organ in the Albert Hall. It's magnificent. I also went to a recital at Eton, they have a chapel with a wonderful organ.
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 12, 2019 9:09:29 GMT
Coincidentally, I have been listening to this album for the last hour or so on headphones - quite magnificent. It sounded glorious last night on the speakers, as well.  I don't think it's on Spotify, but here on Qobuz open.qobuz.com/album/5060113441119But yes, for the full experience you just have to be there. |
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 12, 2019 9:29:04 GMT
It would not work to build a system with these aspirations with my musical taste but I could understand why some people might seek this You just need a system that does deep, accurate bass to reproduce what's on the recording. And some recorded organ sounds have very deep bass that is very taut and defined indeed and would test any system to its limits. So yes, I think you could build a great system based, at least in part, on appropriate organ recordings. |
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Post by John on Nov 12, 2019 9:50:51 GMT
I have no doubt about that you could build a fabulous system going this direction Jerry I am just being honest with myself that as much as I could enjoy it I love how my system handles complex music
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Post by jandl100 on Nov 12, 2019 10:42:42 GMT
No, no - my point was that all you need to do is reproduce the organ recordings accurately.
You don't have to get your system to add any extra reverberation or bloomy spaciousness (which would spoil other music) - that is all on the organ recording already!
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 12, 2019 11:19:25 GMT
Off at a tangent, still organ stylie
Playing Caravan - In the land of grey and pink yet again as I love it so much
The organ is the dominant instrument on the wonderful track Nine Feet Underground
Fuzztone they say
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Post by MartinT on Nov 12, 2019 11:29:20 GMT
One of the most stupendous organs in the world in one of the most amazing recordings I have. Sadly not on streaming.  |
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Post by John on Nov 12, 2019 11:32:54 GMT
Ahh so they add reverb
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Post by MartinT on Nov 12, 2019 11:40:22 GMT
No, it's usually the natural church reverb. |
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Post by speedysteve on Nov 12, 2019 11:53:22 GMT
My fav as you all know if the Bach Lionell Rogg one.
Anyone not heard it on my system - welcome down to the New Forest 😉
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Post by julesd68 on Nov 12, 2019 12:08:15 GMT
In addition to the deep, taut bass already mentioned I don't think it would hurt to have some sizeable drivers to give you that sense of effortless scale good organs have.
Like any other musical instrument, the sound of a live organ depends on three things - quality of instrument, performer and room acoustic. It can be magical of course. During a recent visit to Germany I chanced on an organ recital in a large church in the mediaeval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber - it was utterly captivating.
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Post by Slinger on Nov 12, 2019 13:22:11 GMT
One of the most stupendous organs in the world in one of the most amazing recordings I have. Sadly not on streaming. +1 on that album. This is pretty good too, I was playing it yesterday... |
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