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Coherence and Speed

Posted by jusbe on April 15, 2000 at 19:03:57:
Perhaps I should elaborate more on what I refer to when I mention speed (I'm as wary as the next guy that words sometimes serve only to confuse not elucidate, and that meaning can be elusive).
I would mostly agree with what you say about SET regarding coherence, and that sense of togetherness and unity in presentation that is so generously reproduced by a good SET amp. My need for that unity and coherence to include the lowest frequencies has led me along the path of amps like the Gaincard. In truth, a particular strength it demonstrates is its ability to deliver all the frequencies of an instrument at the right time (including the lowest and fundamentals), and without smearing effects - effects which before now I never really understood: ie, all the harmonics of a piano note will arrive at the right/same? time, reinforcing the body and integrity of the instrument within the recording in a manner that no speaker - renowned for imaging abilities, like my now defunct Audio Physic Virgos - can pretend to emulate or reproduce (or reconfigure and explode out of all proportion). In a sense, if the amp hasn't already got this top-to-bottom speed and coherence right, then a speaker can never correct it, and can only seek to mask (or reveal) these deficiencies. An important example of Garbage-In-Garbage-Out for me.
And even though a speaker may struggle to recreate pin-point sound images, or ultra-clear instrumental/vocal boundary delineation, this fundamental level of coherence and broad harmonic integrity is very easy to detect once identified (and its surpising how many people have not truly heard this type of coherence). For me it greatly improves my experience of immediacy, and 'freshness', as 47 Labs describe it, in a performance, and also aids my experience of musical phrasing and counterpoint between instruments/musicians.
I'd be curious to know how you fared in you transition from the type of sounds produced by the Spicas or the Angelus, to the Lowthers.
jusbe