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Post Subject: The upperbass in the new room.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 8/22/2010

I had today a long listening session. I listened a whole Mahler Second and I can tell you that I was the best upperbass I ever heard from a playback. I am not kidding. The upperbass literally despaired in the new room but what it is being called upon, would it be in transients or during pedal-point it come from nowhere and it comes in VERY interesting manner. It sneaks in music like a Cap hunts for a bird – on very soft paws and very clandestinely. Then suddenly you realized the upperbass already there but you cant’s say when it came. The upperbass articulation is stunning, ether in contrast or in tone, though I feel that contrast prevails over tone. (I do not use injection for now) The lower registers of the brass is so interesting that I had a few time to stop playing and to think what I just heard. It is not “resolution” that attracts me but rather a complete refusal of midbass to produce identical notes twice. The blow of F horn or euphonium from principle chair vs. second chair are much more distinct then what I heard before on my playback.

I keep wondering why I have this effect in the need room. Perhaps it is longer reverberation time in upperbass made the upperbass to decay slower. Perhaps it is an absence of my LF section that was spread in my old room across two channels. Or perhaps it is some changes in the horn that made some differences.

I did not serve the upperbass hoe for 9 year and decided to give a tine up for them. My prime concern was the fact that the back chamber is set by none-condensable foam and foam has tendency to collapse with time. I re-measured the horn resonance frequency – it was dead on 115Hz. So, so far so good. I wish I have the next channel up to have twice larger horn and a driver that can confidently go down to 350Hz….

I ended the day with this week’s live broadcast of Mendelssohn double concerto for violin and piano. Jeremy Denk and Joshua Bell lead BSO under baton of Finland conductor Susanna Mälkki. I never heard the Mendelssohn double concerto before and I LOVED it. Mendelssohn composed it what he was 15 and it is absolutely marvels piece of music. I wander where it was before and why it is so seldom performed.

The Cat

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