@mayor........Check out my YouTube link... Did this show in '79 in Toronto with Peter Appleyard on vibes...I was 18 at the time.. 2 18 inch woofers with the Traynor head.. With my upright.... https://youtu.be/VPx3qjwyVww |
Mayor.... Cool man I am a Bass player have been playing upright and electric since I was 16...now 59..... Always jas been my bone of contention with high end audio that is so thin and lame...preamps no tone control loudness buttons etc ...there is just no real bass... Thats why I have circled back to my 1980 Advent 1s with a nad pre (loudness button) and Carver M 500t....some room treatment from GIK and the bass is nothi g short of phenomenal....great attack and realism even at low volumes...acoustic bass shines...as well as electric.....weather I listen to Milt...Jaco...Ray Brown....Brian Bromberg..Jeff Berlin...and right down to Geddy Lee who grew up right in my neighborhood actually....well I hope you find what you are looking for.... |
mayoradamwest ... I’d like to disagree with accuracy and realism being the same ...It's really impossible to have a conversation with someone who applies his own unique definition to common words. |
Since this was my quote I’d like to disagree with accuracy and realism being the same. This is particularly true when music isn’t being played back at ear bleeding volumes. A great example is the upright bass. If you’ve ever heard a bass in person, it has a particular sound quality even at lower volumes and you can feel a thump in your chest. Most systems I hear that are neutral (for instance Wilson speakers with Spectral electronics) don’t provide this energy at reasonable volumes. Most systems I’ve heard that are very high end (over 200k) lack emotional connection for me. I perform music professionally so I know what real instruments sound like when live. This is similar to why many people prefer tube gear. For vocals, tubes can (but don’t always) add just a little color that to me makes the voice sound more real and less like a recorded and reproduced version of the same thing. |
