Quote Originally Posted by Hyfi View Post
Interesting choices. What Annie tracks in particular and Mary Fahl tracks?

Last night I decided to hand truck the Clearfields out and roll the Audience 82s back in. I also decided to leave the Counterpoint in play to drive the Danes.

Man, all the lacking bass has returned, but at the slight loss of the outrageous Mids of the Clearfields. But, the Dyns are an awesome speaker once you reconcile the sound change and re-appreciate what they do good.

I first spun several tracks from the Morglbl Groteskue disk...I was surely in a Bass mood. Next up I played track 3, LA Underground from Larry and Lee which has a slamming opening as well as a deep bass line that many speakers reproduce as mush.

I then played Markus Miller's live version of Mile's Tutu...awesome. Next up it was several tracks off of trick of the Tail which was really enjoyable.

I then wanted to hear some female vocals and put on Sarah Mclachlan - Afterglow. What a beautiful disk. The wife went to bed so I had to turn it down a bit. I switched the VAC to Passive and really enjoyed the overall sound combo.
From the first time I saw Renaissance at the old Robin Hood Dell in Fairmount Park, they opened up with "Prologue" and that has always been my opening song when auditioning audio gear. From the opening bars of John's piano and then Annie's voice just comes in as if from heaven. When I was auditioning my Ushers at Quest, even Steve and his customer from the other room came in to listen. I have a half dozen Renaissance tracks on one of my test discs that I use, but I always listen to "Trip to the Fair" and "Vultures Fly High". My Mary Fahl tracks are varied. One from her days with October Project called "Something More Than This" and two tracks from her solo work The Other Side Of Time. One is called "In The Great Unknown" and the other is the title track.