Hi-Fi Nerd and Audio Mastering Engineer here.
I quickly realized many moons ago that tonal accuracy, a genuine sense of space and locale (imaging), and fidelity to the recording were my priorities in system building. Hearing and feeling the music as it was recorded, mixed, and mastered gives me the ability to fine-tune my music collection with a process I call Summit-Fi remasters. Summit-Fi is defined as the top-most level of achievement in the audio hobby: When our systems are simply telling us the truth.
If you want to enjoy your music collection... strident treble, sharp snares, a cold midrange, and poorly-layered bass frequencies will result in listening fatigue and discontent. The culprit is often the track itself: dynamic range compression, prioritizing loudness over sound quality, or lackluster efforts / audio equipment at the studio. If your system is highly-resolving and sonically-accurate, you need a remaster to iron out the kinks. Nothing, and I mean nothing makes a greater difference in the quality of music played on transducers (speakers / headphones) than a solid effort at remastering one track or the entire album.
Summit-Fi Remasters can be depended on; to provide a listening experience that eclipses the former. The sense of realism, dynamism, and imagery of a live venue become almost tangible. Guitars sound real, snares and instrumentals sound like you're right there in the studio or at a live event; vocals are clean and free of grain, female vocals are tamed when too peaky, and stylistic revisions such as elevated transparency, holographic midrange, or elevated brilliance can add a layer of complexity that keeps things interesting.
My collection of audio equipment gives me insights in to how and why audio components sound different. And I rank it all accordingly. The hallmark of this audio journey for me is the novelty of choice. We live our lives only once; may as well enjoy.
Reach out to me about the following:
- To chat about audio equipment or knowledge transfer
- To inquire about track or album mastering/remastering
- To share your tastes in music genres, bands, and artists
I'm not on the forums.
Like all forums, eventually it becomes boring; or novices conjure up too much conjecture.
- Dillon
