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CD Review: Columbia Legacy 2002
4* recording, stunning horns, piano & guitar but the bass is weak as the organ has a very strong presence. The drum sound is limited to the cymbals & tends to lack depth & presence. A vibrant, powerful recording with a lot of presence. WOW music however.
• Clarity - Excellent
• Channel separation - Excellent
• Channel balance - stunning
• Sound Stage – wide, detailed, spacious, airy. Very good projection
• Distortion – none audible
• Compression – excellent dynamic & frequency range
• Atmosphere – very studio sound, little sense of space & place but very good feeling of being there
• Bass – low frequencies – the organ is omnipresent but there is a lot of variation in the drum sound, it tends to be the cymbals that dominate. The bass is a long way back in the mix
• Treble – high frequencies – the electric guitar has tremendous tone & presence as does the electric piano. The horn sound is stunningly mournful, wistful, sad & delicate yet with real power when needed
• Vocals - none
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