Richard D Pierce wrote:

In article Btp8b.426353$Ho3.68021@sccrnsc03,
All Ears wrote:
"Vocalists magically appear right in front of you. Strings are never harsh
or bright unless the recording is. Even then it won't drive you from the
room as other, more analytical transducers may. I do not hear any metallic
overlay of subliminal ringing that seems to plague many metal domes like my

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So, let's see if we understand this: Mr. Ehnes, when he plays,
keeps his violing in precisely one spot, never moving it here or
there, not up nor down, narry left and certainly not to the
right. It is kept rigidly in place, locked in position, and
never slides back and forth.

And this reviewer noted this fact.

A couple of questions, if I may:

1. How does the reviewer KNOW that this is the way Mr. Ehnes
plays?

a. Maybe he read the liner notes?
b. Maybe Mr. Ehnes uses an outboard clamp to hold the instrument rigid?
c. Maybe the recording was made with ONE microphone on the Violin??
d. other



2. Why does Mr. Ehnes NOT play like every other violinist I have
ever seen, where the violin, at the hands of the supposed
master in chargem moves about?

a. he does
b. he doesn't
c. it is recorded with one mic.
d. other



3. How, possibly, could the reviewer EVER follow the music
played by a violinist who, through inconsideration it would
seem, moves the violin around, making it difficult to follow
the music?

a. ask the reviewer not the poster
b. it doesn't matter what the reviewer said
c. the reviewer was reviewing the speaker, not the music
d. other



4. How does the reviewer account for the fact that, possibly
with the exception of the violin played by Mr. Ehnes, an
apparently extraordinary instrument, the radiation pattern
of violins changes quite dramatically with frequency as
different vibrational modes of the violin are excited.
This, combined with the unpredictability of the recording
or performance venue, leads to a chaotic "image" at best
of where the violin "is."

a. it was recorded with one mic.
b. it was recorded with one mic.
c. it was recorded with one mic.
d. other.



5. Does this reviewer simply have too much spare time and not
enough productive work to occupy it?

a. ask the reviewer
b. don't ask the poster
c. write the publisher or editor
d. perhaps the person who posted this last post fails on the same account?
e. other



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