Speaking of learning from others and experimenting, when I developed the Remastering Process’ “Wood Edition” settings for the Perlman violin track, I also used the same settings to re-record the Shostakovich movement. Perhaps to audiophiles everything sounds better with that wood frequency emphasis. Will re-record Karma Police with the “Wood Edition” settings and hear how that sounds. I did listen to some of my music with the “Wood Edition” settings and it was too much for me as the sound on my music became more congested and it lost some of the ethereal feel.I will experiment with developing a setting that provides the wood for jazz, classical and pop recordings while maintaining the airy dimensionality and instrument separation that I currently enjoy. Will play around during my listening session and see what I come up with. The beauty of the mastering equipment that I use it that everything is stepped and recallable. It is fun to play around and experiment but lately with the Remastering process and my developed playlists in Roon it is just nice to hit shuffle on a playlist and let the server surprise you with an unexpected track instead of actively playing DJ.
My Friday night listening session went on for 7 hours, lasting until the early hours of the morning. Just didn’t want to stop listening as the big WAAR system sounded great and so enjoyable.
But I started the night by listening to my newest SET amplifier and that was a delight to listen to also. My new 26 drives 46 with Mercury Vapor rectifiers SET amplifier’s sound is extremely detailed and refined. I will post some videos to give you a taste of what it sounds like.
When I began listening to the WAAR system last night, I still had a the “Wood Edition” settings engaged. Again I listen and can appreciate the emphasis of the sound of the Wood cavity and tone with acoustic and popular music. I also confirmed what I had heard previously, that this setting did not work to the benefit of the music that I listen to for enjoyment. The presentation lost some space, dimensionality, and instrument separation on the music that I listen to the most.
I have to tell you, with the Remastering process is so simple and quick to make changes to the overall “system” sound presentation. This time it took me two (2) minutes to develop and dial in new settings that retain the Wood frequency emphasis but also provide that ethereal “live” sound that I very much crave and love to hear.
Going forward, video recordings made with this new set of settings will be tagged “Carlos269 Edition”. This new tag should also make it clear that my goal is not to reproduce the “stale” sound of the original recording, but to achieve MUSIC with an enhanced sound that is more exciting, enjoyable and believable.