SoftwireEngineer;192869 Wrote: > > Also, you did not tell us your subjective opinion of the sound of the > modded SB2 vs the SB3 with or without the Lavry (?)
It's difficult to explain, and I don't lke the usual talk about air, clarity, authority, soundstage, and the like. Regarding the Lavry, imagine a show by some good singer, say a one who won the first prize at the art academy. Flawless performance, nothing to be blamed, cordial applause from a pleased audience. Now comes some kind of a diva, same arias or whatever, why does she deserve a standing ovation? This is the hind of difference I feel with the Lavry. There is also a "Ella Fitzerald sings the Cole Porter songbook" I like very much. It's a remastering from a 1956 recording. Oh my, how come did they manage to put all of this on tape fifty years ago! Without the Lavry, it's just a fine vintage record. OTOH, there is no mercy for bad records, but you know that. Regarding the modded SB2: do you know the Patricia Barber "Ode to Billy Joe"? There is a finger slapping in the beat. With stock SB2, or my regular CD player, it was not distinctive, and sometimes just like if fingers slipped instead of slapped. With the new clock, not only it is well located in the soundstage, and firm and steady, but you can hear there is a specific reverb for it. As you can guess, it's not a simple matter of bandpass, lower distorsion and so on. I love it :-) JLM -- jlmatrat ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jlmatrat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10656 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34132 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
