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In Reply to: COMPARISON posted by excelit on February 7, 2015 at 13:51:34:
Steely Dan Gaucho- Title song
The opening riff of this song is sort of a stop-go-stop-go-stop-go beat of I can only guess, electric piano, bass and drums, but who know what does guys concoct to come up with their sound. Here the dynamic swing between beats are more,well..dynamic with the alphas. I can only imagine how much more it would be if I had solid state amps. The nw had dynamics but not as effective as the alphas for this song.
The nw countered in the end with the last few second of the song's triangular bells, I would guess they are. The nw frequency response seems almost to go up to forever compared to the alphas.
Patriot Games soundtrack "The Hit"
The first note out of this track is simply explosive. Here again the alphas was more effective in attack and in bass volume. The nw has a more resolving bass, tight and defined. The alphas has a fuller bass, but it does not mean it is not controlled, just fuller and more than the nw in this track.
James Newton Howard and Friends "L'Daddy"
Here the nw resolution and soundstage superiority over the alphas show again as the opening drumstick hit each other as a countdown. There is more space around the sticks, but the Alphas counter with a more wooden sounding stick, thicker and more the sound of real wooden sticks hitting each other.
Then CRRRAAAACCCCCKKKKK, I think they made this record for that one fierce and angry hit at the drums. Again the alphas showed more savagery in conveying this transient attack.
Frank Zappa Waka/Jawaka title song
I knew Frank was a genius, but it took the Nuwave (I spelled it out this time, out of respect for it, this time for this revelation) to reveal to me how so much more he is.
There's a lot of instruments going on in this song, each on its own seemingly going its own way but taken as a whole, art at its best.
Each instrument was more prominent, I mean,they are also there with the Alphas but the nw made me appreciate the arrangement of Mr. Zappa.
The second guitar accompanying Frank's solo guitar, the horn blazing away, the electric piano and moog, the piccolo, drums, all going their own way ,but playing real tight, presented by the nw individually and as a whole. It's the genius conducting his orchestra.
This time the alphas had no response, I did not need to hear truth of timbre, organic, natural, analog or whatever, the nw gave me the whole picture, it presented the forest AND the trees. It's like appreciating the Mona Lisa as a whole at the same time aware of her smile.
This experience is similar to another of Frank's work: Inca roads, but I'll leave that for another time
Next installment
Pat Metheny
Joe Jackson
Joni Mitchell
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Follow Ups
- RE: COMPARISON PART II - excelit 16:02:44 02/07/15 (11)
- RE: COMPARISON PART III - excelit 17:41:02 02/07/15 (10)
- CONCLUSSION - excelit 11:55:23 02/08/15 (9)
- Not terribly surprising - morricab 12:17:37 02/14/15 (8)
- I suspected as much - excelit 17:56:37 02/14/15 (7)
- RE: I suspected as much - morricab 04:55:20 02/16/15 (5)
- RE: I suspected as much - excelit 11:35:45 02/16/15 (1)
- RE: I suspected as much - morricab 12:36:08 02/16/15 (0)
- What about the AD1955 ? Bricasti M1 uses them - beppe61 05:19:54 02/16/15 (2)
- RE: What about the AD1955 ? Bricasti M1 uses them - morricab 12:32:20 02/16/15 (1)
- RE: What about the AD1955 ? Bricasti M1 uses them - beppe61 14:16:08 02/16/15 (0)
- From BB, - jusbe 00:26:49 02/16/15 (0)
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