[BC] The real thing...

[Jeff Johnson]

I listen to the CSO at the top of Music Hall's gallery. I prefer the sound 
up there.

A few weeks ago, I installed WNKU's new 8500 (It replaced an 8100). I set 
it on the 'SMOOTH JAZZ' preset, and said nothing to staff of the new 
processor just to see what would happen.

Well, nothing happened. No comments. I asked our PD if the station sounded 
different to him, and he said it sounded a bit brighter and he liked it! 
Imagine that, the engineer's setting pleased the PD!

Bob's presets bear out his musical ear.

Jeff.Johnson at rfproof.com

>A lot depends on where you sit. For example, if you sit to the left of the 
>hall, you will typically be more on-axis of instruments in the brass 
>section (trumpets and trombones), so the brass sound will have more "bite."
>
>I attend a lot of San Francisco Symphony concerts (in Davies Hall) and I 
>never find the sound veiled or muffled. This is the "real thing," and I 
>feel that it keeps my ears honest and helps me stay on track when tuning 
>Optimod presets. I've always thought that too much "sizzle" is a bad thing 
>-- it's fatiguing, particularly to women.
>
>Bob Orban