Dear friends : I know that it's intimidating not only to test the Wima cap´s in your systems but even to make or give a positive opinion on the Wima qualñity level performance.
Well, I left/stop to listen ( on purpose. ) my system ( anlog/digital/radio. ) for more than 7 days now to " liberate " my brain/ears of the Wima sound and the big surprise that showed and this week end with " fresh ears " started to listen sessions and " see " what happens and what happened was a huge confirmation that the rigth road has a new name WIMA and nothing else. I think that we can like it or not but we can't cover up the sun with one finger, sooner or later will shines.
Here some of what I listened and some kind of evaluation about, I decided to go with analog because is more tweak than digital ( I listen a little to digital too. ):
Paramita by He Xun Tian ( Wind Music label. ): this is a recording using asian instruments including drums, instruments total unknow for people like me with sounds that we are not accustom too. Percussive instruments ( several ), female voice and chorus and drums:
it's an overwhelming experience of joy, very demanding recording for any system and the Wima makes a wonderful job as no any other caps I tested in the past. Talk with audiophile adjectives could be useless.
The Köhln Concert Keith Jarrett ( ECM. ): for the first time in my life I listened in a row the 4 concert parts and twice the one part of that concert. It was and is a wonderful life lesson that wake up in any person feelings of any kind you can imagine or dream. The mastery and skills of KJ are overwhelming too and we can attest it over all the concert but especially in the last 7-8 minutes of the part one.
M. Davis at the Black Hawk ( CBS. ) : I always like Miles " muted or open " and in this recording with the great Wynton Kelly in the piano obviously Chambers at the bass and J.Cobs at drums alond Hank Mobley sax.
With his horn open or muted Miles was just sublime but with the Wima that sublime is " years ahead " anything you can imagine and not only him because in the Hank solos that sax " cry ".
Time Out D.Brubeck Quartet ( CBS ): ovbiouslly Desmond at sax and Morello on drums EW in the bass.
I know that almost every one already listened take five or blue rondo a la turk tracks and I know for sure that never listened with that kind of vibrancy and new discovery rythm than now. Desmond was in his " glory " in this LP as Brubeck and Morello.
Dafos Mikey Hart ( RR. ): a very demanding full recording using a lot of players playing percussive instruments from Brasil, Africa and Indonesia including big big drums.
All the side 2 in the LP is demanding in extreme ( especially at over 95db SPL's ) and I know that in several system we can't hear not only the " melody " but to distinguish with precision each single percussive instruments and very dificult not only for the kigh SPL but because are involved by " dozens " different instruments.
Wima has that capacity because does not adds nothing and let pass trough every nuances, details and the like.
Solti at the Opera ( London: not very good recording but I tested because in the past I listened an undefinied " sound " of deep bass babbling as this was an error during the LP recording but it was not an error and is a true " sound " that comes from the subway where the Royal Opera House is seated. With the Wima that babbling takes definition and is at deep bass. It does not happens in continuity through the recording but by pauses like at the begin Side 2 track 1 first 2 minutes of Semiramide Overture ( Rossini. ). Btw, in some RCA reissues by Chesky recordings I had similar experiences.
Montserrat Caballé ( RCA ) : Side 1 Norma by Bellini: Casta Diva when you hear Montserrat here you want cry of joyness and I mean it. Same happens in the Side 2 Lucrecia Borgia by Donizzeti.
The Montserrat voice is as it's coming from " heaven " was a give to Montserrat a excelse give and a unique give. Her talent is out of this world and a challenge for sopranos as regarded like Sutherland or La Divina M.Callas.
Exist no single instrument so complete, so dramatic, so impressive, so tender, with so huge power, so full of emotions that the Montserrat voice, nothing compares her gives.
The Royal Ballet Gala Performances Anserment ( RCA. ): in the Nutcracker Suite the 2 and 4 excerpts ( Dance of the Plum Fairy and Chinise Dance. ) we can note with how much aplomb and delicancy the Celesta and percussive instruments are playing. Not an easy task at the levels that Wima puts it.
@grannyring no, I don't will try the ODM new caps due that could be useles due that Wima clearly outperformed the V-caps teflon Cu .
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.
Well, I left/stop to listen ( on purpose. ) my system ( anlog/digital/radio. ) for more than 7 days now to " liberate " my brain/ears of the Wima sound and the big surprise that showed and this week end with " fresh ears " started to listen sessions and " see " what happens and what happened was a huge confirmation that the rigth road has a new name WIMA and nothing else. I think that we can like it or not but we can't cover up the sun with one finger, sooner or later will shines.
Here some of what I listened and some kind of evaluation about, I decided to go with analog because is more tweak than digital ( I listen a little to digital too. ):
Paramita by He Xun Tian ( Wind Music label. ): this is a recording using asian instruments including drums, instruments total unknow for people like me with sounds that we are not accustom too. Percussive instruments ( several ), female voice and chorus and drums:
it's an overwhelming experience of joy, very demanding recording for any system and the Wima makes a wonderful job as no any other caps I tested in the past. Talk with audiophile adjectives could be useless.
The Köhln Concert Keith Jarrett ( ECM. ): for the first time in my life I listened in a row the 4 concert parts and twice the one part of that concert. It was and is a wonderful life lesson that wake up in any person feelings of any kind you can imagine or dream. The mastery and skills of KJ are overwhelming too and we can attest it over all the concert but especially in the last 7-8 minutes of the part one.
M. Davis at the Black Hawk ( CBS. ) : I always like Miles " muted or open " and in this recording with the great Wynton Kelly in the piano obviously Chambers at the bass and J.Cobs at drums alond Hank Mobley sax.
With his horn open or muted Miles was just sublime but with the Wima that sublime is " years ahead " anything you can imagine and not only him because in the Hank solos that sax " cry ".
Time Out D.Brubeck Quartet ( CBS ): ovbiouslly Desmond at sax and Morello on drums EW in the bass.
I know that almost every one already listened take five or blue rondo a la turk tracks and I know for sure that never listened with that kind of vibrancy and new discovery rythm than now. Desmond was in his " glory " in this LP as Brubeck and Morello.
Dafos Mikey Hart ( RR. ): a very demanding full recording using a lot of players playing percussive instruments from Brasil, Africa and Indonesia including big big drums.
All the side 2 in the LP is demanding in extreme ( especially at over 95db SPL's ) and I know that in several system we can't hear not only the " melody " but to distinguish with precision each single percussive instruments and very dificult not only for the kigh SPL but because are involved by " dozens " different instruments.
Wima has that capacity because does not adds nothing and let pass trough every nuances, details and the like.
Solti at the Opera ( London: not very good recording but I tested because in the past I listened an undefinied " sound " of deep bass babbling as this was an error during the LP recording but it was not an error and is a true " sound " that comes from the subway where the Royal Opera House is seated. With the Wima that babbling takes definition and is at deep bass. It does not happens in continuity through the recording but by pauses like at the begin Side 2 track 1 first 2 minutes of Semiramide Overture ( Rossini. ). Btw, in some RCA reissues by Chesky recordings I had similar experiences.
Montserrat Caballé ( RCA ) : Side 1 Norma by Bellini: Casta Diva when you hear Montserrat here you want cry of joyness and I mean it. Same happens in the Side 2 Lucrecia Borgia by Donizzeti.
The Montserrat voice is as it's coming from " heaven " was a give to Montserrat a excelse give and a unique give. Her talent is out of this world and a challenge for sopranos as regarded like Sutherland or La Divina M.Callas.
Exist no single instrument so complete, so dramatic, so impressive, so tender, with so huge power, so full of emotions that the Montserrat voice, nothing compares her gives.
The Royal Ballet Gala Performances Anserment ( RCA. ): in the Nutcracker Suite the 2 and 4 excerpts ( Dance of the Plum Fairy and Chinise Dance. ) we can note with how much aplomb and delicancy the Celesta and percussive instruments are playing. Not an easy task at the levels that Wima puts it.
@grannyring no, I don't will try the ODM new caps due that could be useles due that Wima clearly outperformed the V-caps teflon Cu .
Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.