Hi,
The 2 last videos were also recorded at same spl from exactly same spot regarding the mic.
One of the video ( the kassandra one) was shooted with me and my friend inadvertently talking about spl level , so i removed that part.
I m still not very handy with editing using yt tools so i chose to publish the video in short.
No idea if that affected the sq of the video.
When you say the abbas is lighter in tonal balance what do you mean exactly?
Because i feel totally the opposite if i understood correctly what you mean.
The abbas have tendency to paint the music richer, to give it more color, more density kassandra is more neutral, closer to reality to my ears..
I hear background noise in the kassandra ahmed jamal video still …
Its possible that the short thing affects sound.
Comparing the kassandra and abbas ahmed jamal videos i still hear more high freq energy on the abbas than on the kassandra.
I hear it to a lesser extend on song 1-2-3 but it’s still there.
Ever so slightly.
Maybe some of that is what i call detail and you call bloom…?
I cant say if one is more analog or realistic than the other from listening to videos. Thats the sort of stuff digital generally and yt phone videos in particular struggle to capture.
I think the fundamental difference in our opinions about the abbas is that you think its crazy good for the money — i think its just crazy good.
We cant agree on everything. And we dont have to.
Keep those comparisons, descriptions and videos coming. They are much appreciated.