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Post Subject: Since you brought it upPosted by Paul S on: 2/21/2007
I was listrening to Hoenniger/Bach Suites yesterday and I don't know which exact instrument he plays for these 1973 German Telefunken recordings (stereo LPs), but that damn cello of his was just ripping the room to shreds, with its bass notes as powerful as a full bass. So how weird is it that this effect just happend with the addition of the Audaphon? It's not at all an unpleasant effect, really, but you still just have to move around while it's happening in order to avoid being "shredded". I tried playing certain lines repeatedly and there is no way I can explain this. My listemning room is nominally "L" shaped, about 16' X 30' and 11' X 20+', and the smaller part of the "L" opens up to a wide hallway, the kitchen, a breakfast room and a stairway, so there is some space in there, albeit irregular. Anyway, I cannot attribute this "improvement" in LF performance to room modes, and in any case, I only started hearing it with the Audaphon on top.
I think it's a widely accepted notion that we recognize and better accept a more FR-balanced sound, meaning once we have strong LF, then we want HF to match to percieve the sound as "correct". But, again, I cannot attribute the effect I am talking about just to HF "extension", per se, especially since the sense of "HF" has been that "calming" or even some odd sort of "decrease" in "HF". So how the hell does a truly miniscule ribbon rolled off 12 dB under 10k "influence" sound clear down into the < 40 Hz bass range?
Maybe I should see a doctor about this?
Best regards,
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