Pass....Accuphase....or......

@atmasphere "I always associated 'air' with ease and space in the highs. I've not heard of it used in the context that you do; probably a topic for another thread. "

Pretend yo are in the Berliner Philharmonic concert hall....you listen to a big orchestra playing very powerful music, the volume is high but never compressed, it is just floating around (not only the highs). No speakers in this world can do that but our ears together with our brain can let us imagine that we are there when we listen at home. Nice.... 

Well, I do like the sound of my 89dB speakers so they stay for now.

@southofdallas  Thanks!

I don't know that hall but I've played in a number of them here in Minnesota (bass in several orchestras so O'Shaughnessy, Orchestra Hall and the Ordway). I know what you're talking about but I'd never have thought to call that 'air'.

@atmasphere What do you call that in Hi-End audio language then ....if I may ask? Space? Spaciousness? Scale? .....

@southofdallas I've recorded stuff in the same halls I've played in. You get a sense of the hall and I wanted that in the recording. Each hall has a different sound to it so I describe that as the ambient signature. So yes, the ability to express that seems to fit with those terms (space, scale, spaciousness).

@atmasphere Thanks! "Ambient signature" sounds very good to me. I´ll remember that expression.