Yesterday I was playing a few ECMs and Concords back-to-back.
My preliminary conclusion: Yes, the ECMs are amazingly quiet, but the Concords are amazingly dynamic. They sound the most like direct-to-disc recordings even though they were tape-based.
Great artists as well--Joe Pass and Barney Kessel, Woody Herman, the L.A. Four (Shelley Manne, Laurinda Almeida, Ray Brown, Bud Shank), Charlie Byrd, etc.
My preliminary conclusion: Yes, the ECMs are amazingly quiet, but the Concords are amazingly dynamic. They sound the most like direct-to-disc recordings even though they were tape-based.
Great artists as well--Joe Pass and Barney Kessel, Woody Herman, the L.A. Four (Shelley Manne, Laurinda Almeida, Ray Brown, Bud Shank), Charlie Byrd, etc.

