Hi Peter,
many thanks for the report!
About what size was the room? Was it "live" or "dead"? What was the listening distance? How many persons listened during one session? Did they play (too) loud?
That's a neat idea to do a brief historical overview! I figure many are not aware of how good old recordings can often sound. (I listen a lot to late 50:s and early 60:s jazz, and sometimes the "sound" per se makes me smile.)We, the listeners, were guided by a JBL representant from Sweden as far as I have understood. We made an acoustical journey through the development of recording techniques with quite a few of well known examples. It started with Nat King Cole with a 1936 session.
I guess it has been mentioned here before, but Swedish Hi-Fi press have been very positive about the Project Array. That the WAF is high is news to me, though. Of course, compared to the Everests, they're small budget speakersMy final impression was, that the Array 1400 could deliver sound quality whatever the recording offered.
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Surprisingly my wife said, she liked the Array 1400 very much ...
I bet! (I hope they come to Stockholm (or Oslo).)The new Everest plays music without attracting attention. It was always very harmonic in a way I have never heard before with speakers.
A pity you didn't get your records in time. Did someone else bring symphonic music?At the end of the session we had the chance to ask for special music. I would have liked to listen to some "full orchestra" sounds.
I'm glad "we" took good care of our visitors.Besides the music Sweden presented itself in a very sunny springlike way at the end of April.
Fredrik