Funk Firm - Houdini - Spamming and Scamming Warning

I will endeavour to reassess on the Pi. Leave it with me

What he said... in spade fulls.
I was kind of amazed that TC1 was recorded on the same deck.

I can imagine Kevin.
Even when I listened via Bluetooth it was quite night and day.
However... playing via Audirvana from the NAS into my Pecan Pi dac was totally revealing.
I couldn’t listen to FC 1 after hearing FC2.
Puzzled therefore over Oli’s findings

Ok, so i have now listened repeatedly to the two separate samples via the PecanPI.

SO here are my final thoughts on the listening, here in my system.

TC1 has far greater dynamic energy the difference in volume levels of bass is quite staggering. Like someone has literally turned the bass up in volume. OFC they haven't it just isn't making it past the Houdini. Chapmans voice has greater expression of range too. The scale of the performance is taller with TC2 sitting just above speaker height but TC extending higher. The highs and low of TC's voice flicker faster and cleaner. I don't know how to describe that any better but i know what i mean. There is also a feeling of being a more intimate vocal with TC1. Like i am sitting closer to her while she is singing. This also seems to affect the chest/mouth ratio, with TC1 sounding more natural. There is greater crescendo in the chorus as the instruments all kick in with a tighter feel to the timing of everything. feels more in sync.

The big thing for me is i tuned out with TC 2....it didn't capture my attention, sounding far too laid back and there is a false kind of shimmering sound on cymbals and HF too. Hard to describe....sounds kind of wavery, which isn't on TC1 or the digital copy i have.

I am not saying TC2 sounds bad, just picking the bones out of the two samples.

I would pick TC1 every time. It's sharper, more dynamic, more expressive and scales greater heights in terms of keeping my attention.

YMMV

EDIT:

Just Sat the wife down to see whether i am hearing things. She plays Clarinet, Violin and Piano. She is musically talented and like me, loves music. She has a great ear too

I played her TC1, then TC2

Her opinion:

"TC1 sounded free-er....like it was real, more natural. TC2 sounded compressed...like it was being stopped from escaping?"

She has totally picked out exactly what i am hearing. Sorry boys and girls, its unanimous here.

I was talking about the Dire Straits needledrops. I didn't get a chance to listen to the Tracey Chapman before it was taken down.

I believe sample one on the Dire Straits drops was with the Houdini and that was  the one I preferred. 

No worries. Different systems, different ears, different tastes.
On my system, I have the opposite, as my wife can't be bothered by music. 
I was expecting that if I am honest.

Are we absolutely sure we are all listening to the same files?

There is no confusion.

Just a fiver?

I was offered more. Naturally declined, of course.

It all depends where the damper is, and the question is not about the arm being rigid or not.
It is about the fact that apparently a screw thread on my VTA base and a junction in my arm makes my system a “soft” system.

Still, that was last week, and we have moved on since....

Ill upload Marks 9 A/B tracks tomorrow, recorded 24/96 on my Sony pcm-10. Ill pull all the metadata from the files so there's zero clues to Which is which.

That’s how I bought some stuff from China.

That depends if the master was digitally done, or not.

Being honest, I am still not 100% sure at the moment. I like some of the things it does, but sometimes it has me wondering.

Yes, I'm just pulling your leg matey.

It's been very enjoyable to have a listen.

I'll do the same tests with Marks files at some point and see how that goes.