Even better, the Sheffield Labs Track album on direct-to-disk LP. The CD was made from an analog recorder running at the same time as the d-t-d master was being cut on a lathe, straight from Doug Sax's mixing console.
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Hard for any speaker system (well, within the reach of most mere mortal incomes) to pull off a truly realistic full band sound. But for single instruments... My MBL 121 omnis can be remarkable. I have recordings of my son playing sax, my other son playing trombone, me playing acoustic guitar. When I play these recordings at live sound levels, from just outside the room it can sound remarkably like someone in there playing a real instrument. I fooled a few people that my son was in that room playing saxophone and they were amazed it was a recording. |
I think if we are all being honest with ourselves, there is an immediacy and attack and clarity of live that systems just don’t quite capture. I think if some audiophiles actually heard some live instruments like this they’d complain that the sound was too bright! (even though it’s real!) Maybe the providence of horns or panels? |
I think if some audiophiles actually heard some live instruments like this they’d complain that the sound was too bright! (even though it’s real!)+1 Especially, the horn section in a jazz band - at a small/medium sized indoor venue. At audio shows, ime, the closest I’ve heard to live is: Rockport Marten Magico YG Acoustics All had great electronics and cabling feeding them. |
I make speakers that use high-end prosound drivers, capable of delivering clean peaks north of 120 dB. One of my sons is a drummer. No way would I claim that my speakers can truly recreate the sound of a live drum kit. A reasonable facsimile perhaps with a really dynamic recording, but that would be it. Duke |
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