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Dr. Pong again was kind enough to send me some new cuts since the update to the recording chain. He has made some tweaks along with now using two of the famous WE300b Tube.
How would I classify the new sound? Remember years ago when you went to the movies and waited to see the special effects. Stephen Spielberg said we will have reached nirvana when your forget about the production chain and all of the effects become invisible. That is when the trade has accomplished the goal.
With the latest changes to Ed Pongs recording the recording chain is now just not there anymore. Invisible and not heard. No need to comment on this or that because it just does the music as it sounds in person. No more and no less. No harshness and no overly romantic artifacts but just real. Just like some top rated amplifiers have gone invisible with just gain by reviewers, the same has happened here. No solid state sound anywhere to be found but no sloppy overly tube sound to be found. This is the greatest compliment anyone can give an audio product. I listened to Beethoven Violin Sonata Number 3,5,8 along with Tatsuki again playing Meditation and Sarasota Zapateado. I think a recording made on a standard studio Studer would have trouble being compared to this now. Tony Ma worked his magic with silver in the recording stages just like Kondo and Audio Note UK use silver for a magical sound. Did I forget to say that Tatsuki Narita, the violinist in the recordings is a rising super star that will surpass the greats like Heifetz while connecting with a younger audience.
How would I classify the new sound? Remember years ago when you went to the movies and waited to see the special effects. Stephen Spielberg said we will have reached nirvana when your forget about the production chain and all of the effects become invisible. That is when the trade has accomplished the goal.
With the latest changes to Ed Pongs recording the recording chain is now just not there anymore. Invisible and not heard. No need to comment on this or that because it just does the music as it sounds in person. No more and no less. No harshness and no overly romantic artifacts but just real. Just like some top rated amplifiers have gone invisible with just gain by reviewers, the same has happened here. No solid state sound anywhere to be found but no sloppy overly tube sound to be found. This is the greatest compliment anyone can give an audio product. I listened to Beethoven Violin Sonata Number 3,5,8 along with Tatsuki again playing Meditation and Sarasota Zapateado. I think a recording made on a standard studio Studer would have trouble being compared to this now. Tony Ma worked his magic with silver in the recording stages just like Kondo and Audio Note UK use silver for a magical sound. Did I forget to say that Tatsuki Narita, the violinist in the recordings is a rising super star that will surpass the greats like Heifetz while connecting with a younger audience.
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