@deskWell articulated.
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The best sounding electric bass ever, IMHO, was Phil Lesh, with each of his 4 (sometimes 5) string pickups channeled through a dedicated channel of McIntosh amps, with multiple sets of JBL speakers for each string and pickup. Woofer movement from one pickup channel did not affect another channel, avoiding all intermodulation distortion. From 32 to 48 300 watt solid state and 350 watt tube amps were used for the complete 11 channel sound system, depending on both venue, and our failing memories. Check it out by googling Dead Wall of Sound, then click images. Interestingly, two of the designers were Owlsey Stanley, of LSD fame, and John Curl of Alembic and Mark Levinson fame. (The JC in ML model numbers.) |
ishkabibil and cleeds mayoradamwest makes perfect sense i know exactly what he is talking about , it makes sense to people on this quest for great sound not people that need a dictionary but i'll do my best to explain : he doesn't say exactly what sound he is after only in general lines which shows that he is open minded about sound signatures w i t h i n the enjoyable realm .he says what he doesn't like :something that sounds like hd 800's or some digital or solid state amps that sound good only with certain records it's very picky and it's annoying you are always on the watch with the volume knob for the harsh parts.it's not fun it's for sound engineers like yamaha ns10 studio monitors looking through a microscope is not fun. and music is fun. what he said is actually sad :modern components can sound very bad to most people. hi end pricey harsh sounding amps exist. headphones are extremely funny :the more you spend on high end headphones the more potential for harsh sound(unless it's something special like audeze or abyss that goes the other way )the other flagships from audio technica,beyer senn,akg compete on "ubber realism" which means spikes above 5k that will kill bats or give you a haircut. so that if you are playing the right track at the store(no hint of harshness on the record) while you compare headphones they will sound artificially more open.he doesn't want cold thin clinical analytical dry potentially harsh sound .he wants warm realistic pleasant sound and it exists.some tube preamps do just that. realism vs accuracy: realism can startle or scare you like you are sitting close to the piano when a low note is played out of silence. it's the system's ability to persuade you -if it's convincing it's realistic it's how the amp lets the impact (which originally exist in the recording) project.accuracy is not about projection and can be measured .you compare it to the recorded event it doesn't say anything about musicality or engaging sound it's a more technical sound like studio monitors (ns10's)no fun at all like looking through a microscope. neutrality is a bad word .it means that whoever designed the amp had no balls or he doesn't know who he is or what he wants. it lacks personality. like some nad amps not cold not warm not anything .but all the reviewers rave about them because it gets along more easily with other components .like headphones try and make people confuse a treble emphasis as openness or a high resolution/detailed sound,nad amps like the c352 confuse dry empty lifeless polite sound with a transparent sound. my best example is the old arcam delta 60 amplifier (british 90's gem probably 200$ used ) it had no tone knobs while all other integrated amps had tone knobs. because they know better and won't let anybody screw up their sound. |