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In the Forum: Off Air Audio
In the Thread: TU-X1 setup

Post Subject: Live radio, we need more of it.Posted by drdna on: 12/7/2008

Romy the Cat wrote:
here is the LIVE recording from today via TU-X1. Purely abstractly, what– what specific character of sound you would like to modify of improved?

Of course it is NOT being compared to playing directly through the TU-X1, so this is a caveat which must be considered. However:

Compared to the broadcasts on my TU-X1, this live broadcast is simply dramatically more alive, more dynamic, more involving. One cannot help but be drawn into the music emotionally and begin to think immediately about the compositional structure. I found it impossible not to do so. This is not happening at all with my TU-X1 currently. My engagement with the music is possible but remains an effort.

The timbre is correct: violins are identified as such, etc. The singers have the sound of living people. With my TU-X1, the musicians lack the breath of life. The attack and decay of notes is not quite correct and is overall dulled and rounded, and there is a subtle grain I would describe as sort of a thin glaze coating the sound. Subtle transients are entirely lost.

The placement of musicians in relation to the microphones is crisp. The sound is natural, as one would hear with musicians playing live. With my TU-X1, the three dimensionality of sounds is accurate, but I must strain identify it. It remains an artificial construct.

In contrast, it lacks a certain cohesion on massed strings and voices, and there is a bit of sibilance I would like to eliminate, but this may be the .wav playback.

However, it does not resolve whether my TU-X1 needs fixing or whether my local radio station is to blame.

Sad

Adrian

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