| I mention this because your comments about Playlist 07; Song 02 and Song 03 are difficult for me to reconcile. On my system the upright bass is heard with very fine detail and all of the complex harmonics that follow the fundamentals are clearly heard. To me, this is a toure de force recording of upright bass made with incredibly sensitive microphones that are certainly more sensitive than many human ears. Recently, I was making a reference recording of a new archtop guitar and testing various microphones positioned at the edge of the nearfield. I would pluck an open string and only when I heard complete silence I would then pluck the next open string and so forth. When I played back that recording (with gain) there was absolutely no point of silence between plucking each string because the microphones were just so sensitive. That is exactly the kind of sensitivity I am hearing on Playlist 07; Song 02 and Song 03. In amplifying a very fine recording, you may very well be hearing material that you would never ever hear in an audience at a live concert. On my system and to my hearing those tracks are perfect upright bass |
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