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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V56_x_tGzrA

At about 2:50 into the video, Gould explains how his playing differs between his living room and a concert hall.  "...the moment that I step into such an ambiance, something says, 'be expansive,' you know.  'Feel levels of things that you can't hear in a living room with a rug on the floor' and so on and so on.  Right there, there's a difference, a difference so great that it really influences the concept of the piece."

I suppose it is not exactly the same as some composers working somewhat well on primitave-sounding systems, but his comment on speed smote me, and I believe it applies to a room in which Bruckner and the composers of "expansive" sound and meaning could sound proper.  In my new room, I can't find the patience to listen to Bruckner.  I can now listen to concertos and pieces with content in the tone and space, but if the music takes too long to get into it, I become impatient, then feel like a rediculous and disrespectful philistine for turning it off prematurely.  In my old big room, it was never a problem.  Do I need "Expansiveness Injection?"  Absorption? Diffusion?  Maybe I should read-up on Lamm's X-Factor and steal an L2...

The Bewildered and Somewhat Pissed,
LBJ

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