Comments on: Blindfold violin test reveals a surprise

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By: dtrumpet

dtrumpet — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:01:11 +0000

I suspect it comes down to the instrument that has the most playing attributes that goes with one’s approach to playing and performance. An instrument maker can make adjustment that fits the player. After that one has to adapt to the instrument because the instrument cannot adapt to the player. This is true with bows, mouthpieces, et al and finding the best combination of the two items.

By: vanderleun

vanderleun — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 15:32:37 +0000

But…. but…. the Stradivarius is settled!

By: Surellin

Surellin — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:36:28 +0000

I dug into this about 20 years ago, and the top-flight instrument makers said (of course!) that their stuff was as good as the older instruments. Nice to see that it is true. As for me, after doing the shopping I regretfully stuck to old tried-and-true – it’s a better fiddle than I am a fiddler anyway.

In regard to wine, I have my own niche – find the best bottles under 20 dollars. Amazing how many of them get a 90+ from the Wine Spectator.

By: Mac

Mac — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 04:07:29 +0000

Another area where I strongly suspect the ostentatious connoisseurs of jiving is high-end audio. If you've never read reviewers and others talking about it, it's a lot like the way wine experts talk. But there's rarely a blind A-B test. Not that there aren't real differences between bad and mediocre and good, but at a certain level of good it becomes so rarefied that it's probably negligible, and there is very obviously a certain amount of snob appeal affecting judgment, and a susceptibility to mumbo-jumbo. And regarding violins: one of my children was at one point aiming for a career as a professional violinist. Just at the college level he needed an instrument in the $10,000 range.

By: Doom

Doom — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 03:15:56 +0000

Otiose,

Hahahaha! Oh, I gave up on the experts long ago. Through economic realities and simple taste. I’ve sipped a $5k bottle and found it less than pleasing, while a $10 bottle I spent several years finding is far better tasting, and was one of the few wines my then woman and I could agree upon. I didn’t tell her the price, up front, or she would have turned her nose at it… in spite of her hating expensive wines (also ignorantly, mind you).

But… that IS funny. And, now I know.

By: Otiose

Otiose — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:25:28 +0000

And on wine tasting:

http://io9.com/wine-tasting-is-bullshit-heres-why-496098276

By: Doom

Doom — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 00:01:08 +0000

Hmm, from my experience, it’s… not just fiddles. A true master doesn’t depend on… foreign, or familiar, instruments. It’s in the hands, mind, soul. Just… saying.