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In the Thread: The Loudspeaker (Troels Gravesen project); Finally!
Post Subject: Stereo ReduxPosted by Paul S on: 11/28/2025
My friend Mark dropped by on short notice on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. He had told me via text a week earlier that he had finally heard Bruckner’s 4th Symphony (live, in Seattle), and I was glad to hear he was taken with it. So - of course - I thought I would share a special performance of this work with him via CD, a live recording of Bruckner 4th, Wand/BPO, 1998. As I’ve mentioned earlier in this thread, I have been carefully moving The Loudspeakers around again after moving 2 large disconnected speakers away from The Loudspeakers, to give them more space, and I will say now I have known for a while that I’m closing in on something good. It was easy to hear the improvements in the sound of the symphony as my system continued to warm up. After an hour of listening, I was not only happy with the sound but I was/am very excited that the sound field fully detached from the speakers and the front wall disappeared, and it flooded the room as this happened, out to and all around my listening spot, including full-range reverberation and ambience to flesh out a very well-articulated symphony. Obviously, I am not getting “sounds from behind me” from stereo, but I was/am overjoyed that my longtime idea of “More Stereo” has been realized. Again, it is not just a matter of power. Density is also very important here. In this case, the powerful system gets out of its own way to deliver very “Natural Sound” that does Musical Justice to instruments and voices of all kinds, including small and large FR ensembles, along with great FR ambiance (when it’s in the recording). I still get residual sounds and effects from the recording, itself, but it is not prominent, and I’ve long since learned to live with it. Meanwhile, the current speaker locations are marked, not to lose the sound I have now as I continue to (cautiously) explore what can be wrung from stereo.
Paul S
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