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“Reviewers” speak confidently about the various parts of cited musical compositions, and in many cases I believe they hear what they say they do. I think it is not only listening experience that bears this fruit, but it might also be a gift, a special capacity for hearing that the reviewer possesses. Whether it is possible to “hear what’s not there”, I am not sure; perhaps “some sound is implicit”. For example, it seems like musicians may “hear differently” from the rest of us. In the case of Bruckner’s Symphonies I am glad to be able to hear so much more than Before The Loudspeakers (BTL), and I am passing on here that much of what I have heard recently is voices, etc. that have been homogenized BTL, and some of those voices were somewhat homogenized even After The Loudspeakers (ATL) until I really cranked up the volume, at which time The Loudspeakers did not compress the Sound but voices came up that had been faint and “part of the chorus” previously. Some of these voices MIGHT have been more available at lower volumes with a doctored frequency response, but keep in mind that Bruckner uses the entire orchestra extensively, top to bottom, so I would not endorse trying to “voice speakers for Bruckner”, apart from using very wide range, very efficient speakers that can take the power to “give voice to Bruckner”. If anyone wonders, yes, the louder one plays back, the more critical the recording and the capabilities of the gear providing the signals and the drive to The Loudspeakers. Like I said up the thread, the more you ask from your system, the more it requires from you. I do “recommend” The Loudspeakers… with a whole thread full of relevant qualifications that I hope provide a map for someone else to implement these speakers, if that’s what they want to do, of course. Yes, they will play softly, too; but that is not how I have approached and implemented my version. I have insisted that music other than Bruckner not suffer from The Loudspeakers, and indeed other Music has also benefitted from these speakers, even at “normal” playback levels. I would still be happy with these speakers if I could no longer listen to loud Bruckner; but I probably would not have gone through this drill were it not for the desire to immerse in Big, symphonic Music.>>

Paul S

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