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In Reply to: How long is the break-in on the Oyaide XXX? posted by Scott 2.6/R on February 21, 2006 at 09:50:51:
The SWO-XXX will likely sound leaner in the bass than what it replaced. In this case "leaner" is a result of being "more articulate", IMHO. This is just my opinion based on my experience of the SWO-XXX as compared to many other AC outlet's. Other folk's MMV.Like other audio devices that provide a more articulated bass (fast amps/woofers, low dielectric involvement cables/capacitors, for example); lower frequencies tend to sound faster/tighter/with "less bass" due to less ringing after the musical bass transient has stopped. A lower octave bass fundamental's pitch definition is very sensitive to transient rise/fall time since a music note is poorly defined if bass is sloppy, as it "blurs the note" and tends to "add bass" to the presentation. Does the SWO-XXX actually offer improved transient rise/fall time? I don't know, but it "sounds like it" to my ear. It does *not* lack an authoritative bass, IME.
I've found that a good test of what's a "more accurate" bass portrayal per a device is to listen to how well grouped bass instrument's individuated timbral information is reproduced, such as a stringed bass and a kick drum, and where the drum kit is recorded in an ambient-rich recording venue with well-captured reverberant information. If the low frequencies sound more unified than individuated; as though the bass information is sourced more from a single instrument rather than from multiple, then it tends to show me that a device's bass reproduction is less than accurate when comparing it with another that sounds more correct to my ear. my 2 cents
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- Oyaide SWO-XXX's bass presentation... - Duster 15:11:21 02/21/06 (2)
- Re: Well.... - alan m. kafton 16:52:27 02/21/06 (1)
- I agree.... - Duster 17:23:06 02/21/06 (0)
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