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In the Thread: Low output MC?
Post Subject: News Not BrokenPosted by Stringreen on: 4/6/2007
Indeed I do know that high wattage does not necessarily mean that accurate dynamic shadings are successfully reproduced, however, I will tell you that my high power amps do the job well, and his tubes do not. Perhaps if he used a horn speaker, he too would get closer to what I call "the truth". A fault in my system is that the these dynamics become truthful only when the volume is increased to a particular loudness level...not loud mind you, but certainly not background music level. This volume level is not a function of the volume control which at the "reality level" points to 7 o clock, 9 o clock, 1 o clock depending on the source feeding the preamp. Also, I am not talking of canon shots, thunder, or A-bomb explosions... I want to hear if the violinist uses a martele bow stroke in the 3rd measure of the Bach unaccompanied sonata..(martele bow strokes put a slight edge to the begginng of the tone..the player gets this effect by digging in on the string and releasing the pressure at just the right moment), I want to hear the drummers rim shot amidst the blaring voice and electric guitars of U2, I want to hear the tonguing of Paul Desmond's sax on Take Five. This is important to the "reality effect". Regarding your last thought about the wonderful instruments .....I would rather hear a wonderful performance on a supermarket instrument than a good performance on a Strad. This brings up what a wonderful performance is.... Check out 2 Tchaikovsky violin concerts... Heifitz and Bell. What touches your soul??Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site