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In the Thread: High-end audio: Absolute Sound vs Naturality vs Expressivity
Post Subject: Vitavox S2, Gergiev's fingers and vibrance....Posted by Romy the Cat on: 12/26/2024
What you might find interesting is now to deal with Vitavox
S2 driver that your speakers use. The driver,
as good as it is, has a very interesting idiosyncrasy: it has at HF some very
interesting resonances that initially feel like they are “quality”, and indeed
they are VERY addictive, but eventually you begin to understand that they are
coloration as they are ever-present in whole music. It is hard to call it buzzing
or zinging as it is not what it is. It is some kind of unique Vitavox afterglow
that I call vibrance even though I am not sure that this word exists. To me, vibrance
describes it well. To get what it is best would be to see how Valery Gergiev conducts.
He has overly impressive fingers and sometimes he moves them when music is not
called upon it. There is nothing wrong with what Gergiev does with his fingers
but that “vibrance” in S2 is not what I like. I have two systems, one with a fixed S2 that
has ziro vibrance and another like yours
with non-fixed S2. You might observe the difference. The fix will cost you a .12c
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