Videos of Acoustically-Coupled Audio Recordings
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Voice is very nice! Great presence and not too sharp. As usual with these types of recordings the instruments are a bit "pushed back" to allow Ella's voice to shine.Some violon here
I'll record this with my Tascam recorder to give a point of reference in assessing the distortion brought by phone recordings.
Sounds a bit closed in and blurry, a bit vintage-y. Could be the phone recording.
BUT:
Tonal balance of violin is convincing, and the timbre is quite good. In that sense, one of the best violin system videos out there.
Violin tone is nicely wooden and rosiny, both in lower and high registers. The high register sounds thick and substantial in tone, not thin, as it should in the overall timbral context.
I think it is more the original recording as it has a bit of that vintage-y character on some tracks...it is a compilation, so not all done in the same way or time. Not getting the blurry aspect. I am sure a better recorder would capture the last few % of what is heard in the room.
Also, please note the correct timbre and tone as well as note weighting on the piano.
Yeah, the piano sounded ok, with nice weight to the tone. Note sure about the timbre, however. It sounds a bit blurry and smeared to me, and perhaps this contributes more to my overall impression of blurry sound than the violin.
But as you say, that vintage character could be on the track itself.
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Oh the irony of it all. Brad all these videos you posted lack body in their musical presentation. Not even Vimeo can save these videos from sounding 2-dimensional. Ironically you said that some of my WAAR videos sounded thin to you and then you post these videos that have no depth to them. No, this is not tit for tat, just an honest observation.
To show you that I do not shy away from commentary and criticism, like so many do, here is another pair of my videos, of music people actually enjoy listening to:
These videos that I posted today go a long way to highlighting what I was trying to accomplish with the Remastering process on my Wisdom Audio Adrenaline Rush (WAAR) based system. With standard audiophile system configurations there are always competing interests that work against each other. For example, I love to hear the underlying bass note of the music and I also like a very detailed and delineated treble reproduction. Typically those two objectives come at the expense of the other. As hopefully you can clearly hear on The Smiths’ “Sheila Take a Bow” track in the video above, the treble resolution and inner detail is sublime and clearly is more informative than the great sounding DHT/SET reproduction with my all Thomas Mayer amplification chain. In addition, the bass notes are so well defined, impactful and articulate. It’s all there and with increased dimensionality. If you have been able to achieve the same, please post I would love to hear it. It is said so often that this is a hobby of trade offs, well it doesn’t have to be. With the Remastering process you can dial your ideal sound to meet all your preferences, if your system is capable of it. These two videos should have been posted in my “There is a smarter way” thread as they are very good examples of the Remastering process. Using the Remastering process is like playing with a stacked deck.
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You, know, just after I came back from Munich it developed a problem and is defective. So, I got some good vids there but not at home …sigh. It really sounded good but was not a very rugged little thing.
Well Carlos you have your (butt hurt) opinion and that’s fine but NO ONE who has heard my system has said it lacks body or is 2 dimensional…quite the opposite. If the phone recordings don’t let that through to your ears then we now understand at least one limitation of phone recordings. So forgive me if your criticism falls a bit…flat upon my ears
Where is the Itzhak Perlman for comparison? Where is the Wynton Marsalis Live in House of Tribes comparison? Finding the Nik Baertsch is admittedly tough (these were made some time ago and they are no longer on Qobuz...). Instead a lousy Smiths song (not a good recording either)? Do you hear how sibilant your WAAR system makes Morrissey's voice sound? Don't you hear how the voice is now getting masked by the guitar? How it is all blending together? Don't you hear how lacking in body (this is what lack of body means, btw.) the guitar is? There is no tone here as compared to the official video. How old are you? Perhaps you don't hear this? The WAAR system is thin and sibilant...just compare it to the official video on YouTube, which while a mediocre 80s pop recording and therefore somewhat thin anyway, is richer and Morrissey's voice more present and far less sibilant than your system.
Your DHT/SET system sounds better (BTW, my system is also a DHT SET system, just FYI) is clearly better but, and I guess this is the room, it sounds like it is inside a can. The voice has far less sibilance and voice stands out from the mix a bit but compare it to the official video and you can hear the "can" like issues your room is likely causing.
The Smiths - Sheila Take A Bow (Official Music Video) - YouTube
Frankly, it's the same issues I heard on the "Beautiful life" track but more annoying because the original recording is significantly lower quality.
Again, if that is tailored to your liking, so be it, but don't expect the rest of us to line up for that sound.
And why again with Karma Police? Is that your Anthem?
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Other than a bit of nasality on Ella and obvious room effects the biggest difference is one of presence. The original recording has the voices very up front and present. With your system they sit back in the stage more. Hopkins system does this presence well with the other recording he posted where I commented the voice sounded quite good and present...as recordings of this type and period tend to be.
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