I had the pleasure today of auditioning member AliG's Salk Veracity speaks using some records I had brought along for the occasion. He has some very fine equipment in front of them. What is unique about G's system is that he listens in the nearfield in a very small room that he has treated extensively. I know these records very well but they sounded so much more alive and reach out and touch it dimensional that it was scary exciting. What it sounded like was standing at the podium of a full orchestra, at a table in the club right in front of the stage, amongst musicians jammin in the studio, whatever was playing. I was very impressed. I might have to get me some of these. Very fine and near perfectly drawn renderings with loads of dynamic life and extention. Thanks, G, I had a good time. My humble system is warming up as I type to listen to these recordings over. They are good ones, BTW, G was taking notes:
If Only I could Remember My Name- David Crosby (Classic Records) with Jack Casady AND Phil Lesh slapping the bass;
Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances- Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Athena Records);
Listen . . - L.A. Jazz Choir (Mobile Fidelty) recorded live by Keith Johnson;
All My Tomorrows- Carol Kidd (Linn Records) 20th anniversary edition;
I had intended to play Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers' Live at Keystone Corner 3 but darn if G hadn't put a copy of this on first up. Pure coincidence. Mine was a regular Concord Jazz release but the one we listened to was a recently released remaster;
Larry McNeely, Geoff Levin, Jack Skinner- self titled (Sheffield);
Kor (Proprius).
One caveat. I think there could have been a little more flesh on the bone in the lower treble, upper mid range. Don't know if this a characteristic of the speaker or how spread apart they were from where I was sitting.