Through the looking glass

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<!-- #thumb --> <p>As I get more familiar with the new music system a couple of thoughts occur to me about what it is that gets me excited about what I am hearing and experiencing. *I think the magnification and separation of elements within the recording have to stand out above many others.</p>
<p>I am fortunate enough to have a high resolution copy of Dylan’s Don’t Think Twice, taken directly off the master tape. *This was never a great recording, but the music is so good and simple, just Dylan, his harmonica and guitar, that it’s quite a treat to listen. *On the older system there is clearly tape hiss mixed in with the music and you can easily imagine Dylan just sitting in front of a microphone and singing.</p>
<p>On the new system with the IRS, the tape hiss is completely disembodied from the music. *This is kind of eerie but it justs sounds right. *Separate is good. *You are now aware of the microphone’s contribution to the sound and for the first time I can tell there’s something going on in the recording chain – perhaps a touch of reverb or EQ – it’s hard for me to know – but clearly it isn’t just a straight microphone feed into the recording console. *I don’t have any info on this recording other than it was done in Columbia’s Studio A in New York City. *Older pictures show a Neumann U67 (I am guessing) microphone – which I am familiar with – and there seems more going on than I can account for.</p>
<p>The point of this story is simply this: the greater resolution of the loudspeaker system has enabled me for the first time to hear separated sounds, seemingly magnified through a looking glass, and now that I am familiar with this sound I am convinced it is not something specific to the IRS – it is a quality that I believe many systems can achieve once you know what to look for.</p>
<p>More on this soon.</p>
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