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發表於 2015-1-7 09:21:10
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Hi Thomas,
You acted real fast: got the Belafonte SACD and listened to it already.
I find it very strange. Given the audience clapping performance in Hotel California, I expect the same to arise from the Belafonte track. But you hear the opposite effect, the same tipping over as I hear in the Hotel California track. As I mentioned previously, from my CAS I am able to get some 60% of the applause along the two sides, mimicking to some extent the real life situation during the recording. Belafonte is at the plane of the speakers, with a mouth size slightly larger than life.
I am very sensitive to mouth size and phase of vocal recordings, perhaps because of my frequent encounters with live singing. For example, I sat last night, 3rd row centre in the new wing of 高山 theatre in Hung Hom. Even with every solo singer through the microphone, I was able to pinpoint the mouth when I closed my eyes.
As regards the Belafonte SACD, my first inclination is to blame the conversion to DSD. You may be surprised that conversion software changes the phase. Recently I had the opportunity to test a number of beta versions with a designer. Even though he did not touch the phase but changing the algorithm of other parameter(s) somehow upset it.
Thank you for advising me about the XLO Reference Recording. I do not have it. Talking about this label, I would say more than one of the HRx data discs are in inverted absolute phase. I do not know why Profession Johnson, the key recording engineer is not aware of it. Also any info about this label having changed hands? It was founded by JT Henderson. Is he out of scene now? |
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