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$18k Tube preamp for large scale symphonies please

hi, can anyone suggest tube preamp that's good for handling complex music & large scale symphonies recordings in studio/ theatres? i had audition some: Aesthetix, CJ ,Modwright, Audio Note, ARC but all seems lacking in some ways and definitely not enough air at top octaves and instruments separation/ spaciousness. all dealer agrees that some pre is good at certain genre of music and sound Great even more if music is relatively SIMPLE like vocal, jazz, light acoustic, slow rock and maybe pop songs. Yes i know personal taste varies as well: bass strength & high freq. extension etc. & gears matching too. could anyone share their expreience so i can narrow down a list? my music typically: Van Hellsing & Princess Mononoke movie soundtrack. hope dealers provide constructive comments. Thanks All in advance. -phil
philipwu
kernelbob
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One needs to be at the listening position to compare the sound of the alternate settings of absolute phase. There's no consistency in how absolute phase is oriented on recordings. Sometimes it isn't even consistent from track to track. That makes for a lot of back and forth to switch/listen/switch. Doesn't it make sense to put the phase switch on the remote?
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atmasphere
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If you are listening to a multi-track recording, the effect is not audible. It really has to be a true stereo recording to show up.
kernelbob
51 posts
 
My experience is that a preferred absolute phase setting versus the opposite is easily audible on the great majority of recordings, true stereo, multimiked, mono, whatever. Now, we may have a semantic difference where the effect to which you refer may not be the same effect that I'm describing. One point, the ear is somewhat less sensitive to compression versus rarefaction. In any event, if someone doesn't hear a difference, that's OK by me.
philipwu OP
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hi,Can anyone recall the difference between Shindo, Doshi Alaap & Coincident Statement? it been describe that Doshi are kind of similar to Shindo or even surpass it,and i recall my dealer saying Shindo are very similar(90%) to Coincident, so i'm trying to triangulate the sound of them. Thanks a lot for any comments..
rsf507
2,347 posts
 
Philipwu, be careful I've heard from many (including one reviewer) that Shindo pres only work well with Shindo amps.
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