• RE: 12' soundstage from 10.5' wide room - JBen 00:35:41 02/16/17 (2)
  In Reply to: RE: 12' soundstage from 10.5' wide room posted by Norman M on February 15, 2017 at 08:06:18

  Norman, Dusty's track sounds here just like you said. She is front & center. In here, that position is comparable to the best of Norah's voice projection - in "Cold Cold Heart" from the CD just discussed. (Interestingly, as in the latter, Dusty's "The Look of Love" has the bass mixed in rather close to center, behind her voice. hmm...)

  They may or may not have remastered the track for the box collection that I have but it also has an ample soundstage behind her. It extends from well "inside" the room to my left, to well into my neighbor's apartment of the right. The scant instrumentation is well spread. Given the recording's age, it does not surprise me that this rear imaging is not as "beefy" or stable as in the Norah Jones disk.

  That said, it does have some good attributes, and even superior ones. There's some strings and a center-hit cymbal playing, both with rather surprisingly extended and sweet harmonics. In all of Norah's CD, there's nothing as extended into the treble harmonics, at least here. (I do suspect that this was deliberate in Norah's mix. And, of course, the treble may have been "mastered up" in the version of "The Look of Love" that I have.)

  Curiously, the sax on the right side is initially kind of shy but, oh boy, it later reenters delightfully strong and textured at the very end. If only my neighbor could hear what just intruded so musically-reedy into his apartment!
  
  

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  • RE: 12' soundstage from 10.5' wide room - Norman M 09:07:59 02/16/17 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: 12' soundstage from 10.5' wide room posted by JBen on February 16, 2017 at 00:35:41

    JBen, I'm happy that you enjoyed Dusty and ensemble performing 'The Look of Love'. It's interesting that although our Maggies and listening rooms obviously differ, we both come up with essentially the same conclusions as to Dusty's placement, as well as the ensemble. Both soundstage and soundfield we hear are remarkably identical!
    

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    • RE: 12' soundstage from 10.5' wide room - JBen 15:35:12 02/16/17 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: 12' soundstage from 10.5' wide room posted by Norman M on February 16, 2017 at 09:07:59

      Well, that does not usually happen by accident. Which means that you did the due diligence and then followed up! Now, if this included your T-IV plus your 3.6R playing together, we here have far more extra learning to do than we thought. (And it is not just how to move those toys easily, LOL!)
      

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• RE: 12' soundstage from 10.5' wide room - JBen 11:14:09 02/15/17 (0)
  In Reply to: RE: 12' soundstage from 10.5' wide room posted by Norman M on February 15, 2017 at 08:06:18

  Norman, I just checked the home server remotely and found the song but not the album. In my case, it is part of the "Burt Bacharach Magic Moments box set". Hopefully, they did not alter things in the transfer. I'll try to take a listen when I get home this evening and let you know.
  
  Incidentally, that box set also has the Burt Bacharach and Elvis Costello "Who Are These People" track. This one was made part of my "core test music selection" years ago. Almost from the first bars, it leaves no doubt that some Maggies can, indeed, punch quite dynamically with no need for a woofer.
  

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