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In Reply to: Hmmmm..... posted by Joe S on February 18, 2002 at 07:52:17:
What I didn't say in the review was that I'm a conservatoire trained ex-pro musician. So if I can clarify what I meant by the phrases below:"voices were point sources in the soundstage, smaller in size and with more air in between"
Yes, exactly that. Voices are point sources. They should not spread, and they should have air in between them rather than leakage due to resonances within capacitors.
"The soundstage was more focussed – a collection of individual instruments rather than an ensemble"
Again, I mean that the sounds and location of the instruments were clearer, as in real life. Whether the ensemble is musically integrated is another question. The COAX caps were listened to by a previous member of the LSO who said 'that's the closest I've heard to the sound of the orchestra as I remember it'.
"Somehow I can't imagine two more damning condemnations of the sound of reproduced music in the home."
I can't see why.
"These sound like great vehicles for deconstructing music into component sounds and images rather than communicating the message of the music."
But the music is BOTH. It is individual instruments as clear point sources, as in real life, and it also the musical effect of the ensemble. In actual fact the musical effect is ENHANCED by hearing the sounds correctly. The message, as you call it, is in the music. I'm completely against the idea that sound systems themselves can "make musicians play better". All sound systems can do is to reproduce the original musicians. What they play in terms of interpretation is their business, not the business of audiophiles.
I'm saying something very precise in the review - that properly damped capacitors give a correct reproduction, and that resonant capacitors - however 'euphonic' or pleasant their sonic signature - are not faithful to the original. What some audiophiles try to do is 'remix' the original to their taste, but I believe that this is technically incorrect. Of course, if this is a preferred sound then any listener is welcome to their choices (including me). I did say that an audio designer colleague placed the caps in a different order of preference because he had other priorities (pace, resonant acoustic, liveliness). In my defence I have to say that his background is as a DJ, where his function is to 'make sound' rather than play notes. It's a slightly different mind set. Is this clear enough - I've tried to explain why I came to the conclusions in the review. Cheers, Andy
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